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A Psalm of Life

997 views. 2011-3-7 18:47 |Individual Classification:Poesy

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 not spoken of the soul.

Not enjoyment,and not sorrow,

Is our destined end or way;

But to act,that each tomorrow

Finds us farther than today.

Let us then,be up and doing,

With a heart for any fate;

Still achieving,still pursuing,

Learn to labor and to wait.

-----by H.W.Longfellow(1807~1882)

Reply Tracy1987 2011-3-7 19:14: A Psalm of Life
---by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Learn to labor and to wait~
is my favorit

Reply Andrewzhong 2011-3-8 07:43: Tracy1987: A Psalm of Life
---by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Learn to labor and to wait~
is my favorit
Very good~Yesterday I saw the posey in a book~~it powers me and tells what I should do in the next step~it gives me the incentive~~so~I wrote it down~

Reply Tracy1987 2011-3-9 17:29: Andrewzhong: Very good~Yesterday I saw the posey in a book~~it powers me and tell what I should do in the next step~it gives me the incentive~~so~I wrote it
Are you having the English and American Literature class now? Junior student of English major ?

Reply Andrewzhong 2011-3-9 22:48: Tracy1987: Are you having the English and American Literature class now? Junior student of English major ?
Sorry~My major is Optical information science and technology~~but I really like languages not only English~~

Reply bluebird 2011-3-10 13:58: Andrewzhong: Sorry~My major is Optical information science and technology~~but I really like languages not only English~~
A man of science and technology who loves literature and humanity!

Reply bluebird 2011-3-10 14:00: "Not enjoyment,and not sorrow,
Is our destined end or way;
But to act,that each tomorrow
Finds us farther than today." --I love this section most.

Reply Tracy1987 2011-3-10 18:13: now ,you speak English ,Jananese,French or others?

Reply Andrewzhong 2011-3-10 18:46: Tracy1987: now ,you speak English ,Jananese,French or others?
Just among the learning~~~

Reply Tracy1987 2011-3-10 19:20: you are the a student of science,?! Actually,I 'm a little surprised that you like language so much ,hehe , come on

Reply Andrewzhong 2011-3-10 22:09: Tracy1987: you are the a student of science,?! Actually,I 'm a little surprised that you like language so much ,hehe , come on
Yep~then, what about you?

Reply Tracy1987 2011-3-11 08:00: I had graduated in 2010.I guss you already know my major,right?

Reply Andrewzhong 2011-3-11 12:17: Tracy1987: I had graduated in 2010.I guss you already know my major,right?
English major, I think~~is it? or about literature?