A Psalm Of Life

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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,
not sorrow,
Is our destined end or way;
But to act,
that each to-morrow
Find us farther
than today..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,
In the bivouac of Life,
Be not like dumb, driven cattle!
Be a hero in the strife!

Trust no Future, howe’er pleasant!
Let the dead Past bury its dead!

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from Vier, released May 24, 2016

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