What the heart of the young man said to the psalmist
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 to-morrow
Find us farther than to-day.
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!
Act,--act in the living present!
Heart within, and God o'erhead!
Lives of great men all remind us
We can make our lives sublime,
And departing, leave behind us
Footprints on the sands of time;
Footprints, that perhaps another,
Sailing o'er life's solemn main,
A forlorn and shipwrecked brother,
Seeing, shall take heart again.
Let us, then, be up and doing,
With a heart for any fate;
Still achieving, still pursuing,
Learn to labor and to wait.
(Author:Henry Wadsworth Longfellow)
PAGE DEDICATION
In Loving Memory
of
Fred H. Wright
June 2, 1916--April 15, 2003
You are missed by your family and friends.
Survived by:
Wife, Elizabeth M. Wright Sister, Mary E. Johnson Children: Annette ("Monette"), Bill, Carol, and Dianne Step-Son Sam
Grandchildren:Cindy, Bonnie, Ed, Fred and Jason Step-Grandchildren:Mary, Katherine, Susan, and Constance
Preceded in death by (first wife) Bonnie R. Wright, Son Richard and twin Grandsons
I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the
faith: Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness,
which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not
to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing.
2 Timothy 4:7-8/KJV
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