Spring makes me hungry for words and meanings.
A Psalm of Life
What the heart of the young man said to the psalmist
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 art, to dust returnest,'
Was notspoken of the soul.
Not enjoyment, and not sorrow ( Read more... )
What the heart of the young man said to the psalmist
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 art, to dust returnest,'
Was notspoken of the soul.
Not enjoyment, and not sorrow ( Read more... )
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