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A PSALM OF LIFE.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Henry Smart.
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1. Tell me not in mournful num-bers Life is but an emp - ty
2. In the world's broad field of bat - tle, In the biv - ou - ac of
3. Lives of great men all re - mind us We can make our lives sub -
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dream! For the soul is dead that slum-bers, And things are not what they
Life, Be not like dumb, driven cat - tle, Be a he - ro in the
lime, And, de - part- ing, leave be - hind us Footprints on the sands of
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seem. And things are not what they seem. Life is re - al! Life is
strife! Be a he - ro in the strife! Trust no fu - ture how-e'er
time; — Footprints on the sands of time; — Foot - prints, that perhaps an -
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ear - nest! And the grave is not its goal; Dust thou art, to dust re -
pleas- ant; Let the dead past bury its dead! Act — act in the liv-ing
oth - er, Sail -ing o'er life's sol - emn main, A for - lorn and shipwreck'd
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turn-est.Was not spo - ken of the soul, Was not spo - ken of the soul,
pres-ent! Heart within and God o'er-head, Heart within, and God o'erhead!
broth-er, See - ing, shall take heart a - gain. See - ing, shall take heart a - gain.
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