The epigram of this poem is misquoted from "Wishes to His Supposed Mistress" by Richard Crashaw.
The epigram of this poem is misquoted from "Wishes to His Supposed Mistress" by Richard Crashaw. It was first published in The Knickerbocker, and later in Voices of the Night. There is a paraphrase of Seneca's complaint that "art is long and time is fleeting." The poem argues that the grave is not the goal of life and that we must act "that each tomorrow finds us further than today." The poet implores the reader to be a "hero in the strife" and not "like dumb driven cattle." Famously, the poet says that we shouldn't trust our future and wants to "let the Past bury its dead." "Our footsteps on the sands of time" are described in, for 10 points, what poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow?
The epigram of this poem is misquoted from "Wishes to His Supposed Mistress" by Richard Crashaw.
A {Psalm of Life}