 | Conduct of life - 1853 - 402 pages
...Life was Duty ; Was then thy dream a shadowy lie .' Toil on, sad heart, courageously, And thou ahull find thy dream to be A noonday light and truth to thee. From Chamberi' Journal. GUARDED SECRETS. What woman is there that confesses not to the possession of... | |
 | Emily Mayer Higgins - Children's stories - 1854 - 324 pages
...to be the beautiful." He might have said, in the language of a modern poet, " I SLKPT. and dream'd that Life was Beauty ; I woke, and found that Life was Duty : Was then thy dream a shadowy He ? Toil on, sad heart, courageously, And thou shalt find thy dream to be... | |
 | Mrs. Samuel Greg, Walter - Christian education - 1855 - 342 pages
...the way of bliss prepare. How should else earth's flowrets prove Meet for those pure crowns above ? I slept, and dreamed that life was beauty, I woke,...thy dream to be A noonday light and truth to thee. TV an. I fie on ,, Bit. Who, do you think, Walter, is meant by the Lord of the servants? Walter could... | |
 | Charlotte Phillips - English poetry - 1855 - 188 pages
...Save low winds breathing like a lute, With which the trees are stirred. GS PHILLIPS. LIFE'S REALITY. Was thy dream then a shadowy lie ? Toil on, sad heart, courageously, And thou shalt find thy life to be A noonday light and truth to thee. SABBATH EVENING. ANON. Is there a time when moments flow... | |
 | Charles Godfrey Leland - Dreams - 1856 - 296 pages
...conclusion, labours and negotiations which have seemed hopeless and desperate. AKTEMIDOBUS, Lib. 2, CAP. 42. I SLEPT and dreamed that life was beauty, I woke and found that life was duty ; Was then my dream a shadowy lie ? Toil on, sad heart, courageously, And thou shalt find thy dream to be... | |
 | Charles Godfrey Leland - Dreams - 1856 - 292 pages
...and negotiations which have seemed hopeless and desperate. ARTEMIDORUS, Lib. 2, CAP. 42. I SLEPT arid dreamed that life was beauty, I woke and found that life was duty ; Was then my dream a shadowy lie ? Toil on, sad heart, courageously, And thou shalt find thy dream to be... | |
 | American literature - 1857 - 452 pages
...JG WHITTIER. I SLEPT and dreamed that Life was Beauty. I w.oke and found that Life was Duty. Was my dream then, a shadowy lie ? Toil on, sad heart, courageously ; And thou shalt find thy dream to bo, A noon-day light and truth to thee ! LITE — life, my friend, May hold a not unornamented course,... | |
 | Religious poetry, American - 1857 - 372 pages
...ever and aye ! Duties spring up along your way : Do good, — for ye may not stay ! BEAUTY AND DUTY. I SLEPT, — and dreamed that life was beauty ; I woke, — and found that life was duty. Was my dream, then, a shadowy lie ? Toil on, sad heart, courageously ; And thou shalt find thy dream shall... | |
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I slept, and dreamed that life was beauty; I woke, and found that life was duty. Was thy dream then a shadowy lie? Toil on, sad heart, courageously, And thou shalt find thy dream to be A noonday light and truth to thee... 
