 Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime, And, departing, leave behind us, Footprints on the sands of time; Footprints, that perhaps another, Sailing o'er life's solemn main, A forlorn and shipwrecked brother, Seeing, shall take...  A rhyming dictionary - Seite xxxiivon John Walker - 1865 - 720 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | 1844 - 454 Seiten
...of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime, And departing, leave behind us Footsteps on the sands of time ; Footprints, that perhaps another, Sailing o'er life's solemn main, A forlorn and shipwrecked brother, Seeing, shall take heart again. Let us, then, be up and doing, With a heart... | |
 | 1876 - 352 Seiten
...: " Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime, And departing, leave behind us Footprints on the sands of time ; Footprints that...another, Sailing o'er life's solemn main, A forlorn and shipwrecked brother, Seeing shall take heart again.'" But, alas ! sometimes the unconscious influence... | |
 | Charles Fenno Hoffman, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Timothy Flint, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew - 1838 - 566 Seiten
...our lives sublime, And, departing, leave behind us Footsteps on the sands of time. Footsteps, that, perhaps another, Sailing o'er life's solemn main,...shipwreck'd brother, Seeing, shall take heart again. Let us then be up and doing, With a heart for any fate ; Still achieving, still pursuing, I. ram to... | |
 | William Cooke Taylor - 1840 - 800 Seiten
...to future discove ,ry. To use the illustration of an American poet, he has been anxious to leave " foot-prints on the sands of time" — Foot-prints,...another Sailing o'er life's solemn main, A forlorn and shipwrecked brother, Seeing, shall take heart again. In the discussion of such a variety of topics... | |
 | 1842 - 610 Seiten
...o'erhead ! Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime, And departing, leave behind us Footprints on the sands of time ; Footprints that...shipwreck'd brother Seeing, shall take heart again. Let us then be up and doing, With a heart for any fate : Still acheiving, still pursuing, Learn to... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1842 - 638 Seiten
...o'erhead ! Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime, And, departing, leave behind us Footprints on the sands of time ; Footprints, that...shipwreck'd 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... | |
 | New York State Agricultural Society - 1870 - 972 Seiten
...mould, had fully wrought out its mission, and that in his life's journey, he has left " Footprints in the sands of time. " Footprints that perhaps another, Sailing o'er life's solemn main, A forlorn and shipwrecked brother, Seeing shall take heart again." For such a spirit, forming was not simply... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1843 - 280 Seiten
...o'erhead ! Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime, And, departing, leave behind us Footprints on the sands of time ; Footprints, that...shipwreck'd 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... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1843 - 570 Seiten
...of great men all remind us "We can make our lives sublime, And, departing, leave behind us Footsteps on the sands of time ; Footprints, that perhaps another, Sailing o'er life's solemn main, A forlorn and shipwrecked brother, Seeing, shall take heart again. Let us, then, be up and doing, With a heart... | |
 | James Robert Boyd - 1844 - 372 Seiten
..." Lives of great men all remind us, We can make our lives sublime, And, departing, leave behind us Footprints on the sands of time. Footprints that perhaps...shipwreck'd brother, Seeing, shall take heart again." This is very different from merely saying that, if we follow the example of the great and good, we... | |
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