Wait until I put the rest up to comment, please.
Tell me not in mournful numbers,
Life is but an empty dream!
For the soul is dead that slumbers,
And things are not what they seem.
Life is real! Life is earnest!
And the grave is not its goal;
Dust thou are, to dust thou returnest,
Was not spoken of the soul.
Not enjoyment, and not sorrow,
Is our destined end or way;
But to act, that each tomorrow
Find us farther than today.
Art is long, and Time is fleeting,
And our hearts, though stout and brave,
Still, like muffled drums, are beating
Funeral marches to the grave.
In the world's broad field of battle,
In the bivouac of Life,
Be not like dumb, driven cattle!
Be a hero in the strife!
Trust no Future, howe'er pleasant!
Let the dead Past bury its dead!
Act, - act in the living Present!
Heart within, and God o'erhead!
Lives of great men all remind us
We can make our lives sublime,
And, departing, leave behind us
Footprints on the sand of time;
2006-09-26 11:21:16 · 7 answers · asked by Shinkirou Hasukage 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Footprints, that perhaps another,
Sailing o'er life's solenm main,
A forlorn and shipwrecked brother,
Seeing, shall take heart again.
Let us then be up and doing,
With a heart for any fate;
Still achieving, still pursuing,
Learn to labor and to wait.
Okay, your thoughts?
2006-09-26 11:22:36 · update #1
"A Psalm of Life" By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
- What the young man's heart said to the Psalmist -
2006-09-26 11:24:20 · update #2
Will: Lol, yes, many people expect my favorite poem to be a haiku, but this poem really speaks to me, I believe that it is imperative that both we live in the moment and live our lives to their fool potential.
2006-09-26 11:29:12 · update #3
Will: Lol, yes, many people expect my favorite poem to be a haiku, but this poem really speaks to me, I believe that it is imperative that both we live in the moment and live our lives to their full potential.
2006-09-26 11:29:21 · update #4
nice.
2006-09-26 11:24:06 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It seems somewhat out of harmony with your interest in South Asian religions.
2006-09-26 18:26:02 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
interesting but the soul is flesh according to Bible and will die and sleep for awhile but He saves our memories
2006-09-26 18:26:26 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Good poem. You might want to publish it.
2006-09-26 18:25:10 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
...ok...You ahve converted me from a christian to an atheist with that horrible work of poetry..thx.
2006-09-26 18:25:31 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
ruff!
2006-09-26 18:32:26 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
WTF???
2006-09-26 18:23:52 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋