Ralph Waldo Emerson, comp. (1803–1882). Parnassus: An Anthology of Poetry. 1880.
LifeHenry Wadsworth Longfellow (18071882)
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And our hearts, though stout and brave,
Still like muffled drums are beating
Funeral marches to the grave.
We can make our lives sublime,
And departing leave behind us
Footprints on the sands of time.
Sailing o’er life’s solemn main,
A forlorn and shipwrecked brother,
Seeing shall take heart again.