American Monthly Knickerbocker, 第 12 卷Charles Fenno Hoffman, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Timothy Flint, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew 1838 |
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... numbers , Life is but an empty dream ! For the soul is dead that slumbers , And things are not what they seem . II . Life is real - life is earnest - And the grave is not its goal : Dust thou art , to dust returnest , Was not spoken of ...
... numbers , Life is but an empty dream ! For the soul is dead that slumbers , And things are not what they seem . II . Life is real - life is earnest - And the grave is not its goal : Dust thou art , to dust returnest , Was not spoken of ...
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