 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...  The Life, Speeches, and Memorials of Daniel Webster - Seite 408von Samuel Mosheim Smucker - 1859 - 548 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
...in : " 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, A forlorn and shipwreck'd brother, Seeing, shall take heart again. Let us then be up and doing, With a heart for any fate ; Still achieving, still... | |
 | 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...solemn main, A forlorn and shipwreck'd brother Seeing, shall take heart again. Let us then be up and doing, With a heart for any fate : Still acheiving, still... | |
 | 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...solemn main, A forlorn and shipwreck'd brother, Seeing, shall take heart again. Let us, then, be up and doing, With a heart for any fate ; Still achieving,... | |
 | 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 - 278 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...solemn main, A forlorn and shipwreck'd brother, Seeing, shall take heart again. Let us, then, be up and doing, With a heart for any fate ; Still achieving,... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 1844 - 504 Seiten
...o'erhead. Lives of great men all remind us We may make our lives sublime, And departing leave behind us, Footprints on the sands of time. Footprints that...shipwreck'd brother Seeing may take heart again." Beautiful as are these extracts, they are selected to illustrate the quickening, sustaining spirituality... | |
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