A Psalm of Life
To my fellow blogging travelers (you know who you are). Here's to leaving the footprints in the sand for those less likely to follow. An heroic life is the one worth living.
A Psalm of Life
By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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;
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 for any fate;
Still achieving, still pursuing,
Learn to labor and to wait.
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Good stuff, bro!!!! REMEMBER D-DAY!
Comment by EDGE— 2008/06/05 @ 05:24 PM — (Reply)
Comment by Elmers Brother— 2008/06/05 @ 05:29 PM — (Reply)
Comment by Michael— 2008/06/05 @ 11:39 PM — (Reply)
Comment by Brooke— 2008/06/06 @ 05:00 AM — (Reply)
I think I've said before, this is one great poem.
Comment by FJ— 2008/06/06 @ 06:06 AM — (Reply)
I love this..thanks, Elbro.
And yes..DDAY.....pray for those soldiers. WHAT courage...
Comment by z— 2008/06/06 @ 06:27 AM — (Reply)
we should remember our military and the military of our allies on a daily basis - without which we may not be as free as we are today.
God bless them one and all.
Comment by nanc— 2008/06/06 @ 02:45 PM — (Reply)
I owe so much to the men who died in my stead to protect the country and the freedom that I enjoy and love. And to the several of you here who have been in the service I say a heartfelt thank you!
Comment by Papa Frank— 2008/06/06 @ 04:23 PM — (Reply)