PSALM OF LIFE.
A PSALM OF LIFE. A powerful Poetry for Dark times. By: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. A photo of H.W. Longfellow courtesy of Google. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was an American poet and writer who was revered for his lyric poetry, which often presented stories of mythology and legend. He became one of the most popular American poets of his day and had much success overseas. 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 it's goal, Dust thou art, to dust returnest, Was not spoken of the soul. Not enjoyment, and not sorrow, Is not destined end or way, But to act, that each tomorrow, Find us further 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, I...
