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Comment 8 of 58, added on December 17th, 2004 at 1:52 PM.
We had this poem for studying as a part of our curriculum in India. Since
then it has been my favorite. Have quoted few verses of these off and on..
Is a wonderful poem to read and think during one of the poignant moments.
Gave back my mental peace.. Somehow relives the zest for life in me..Will
always be my favorite..specially the footprints verse.
Sonali from United States
Comment 7 of 58, added on December 8th, 2004 at 6:39 PM.
I have used the second verse of this poem--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.--at funerals, numerous times, since I was
ordained a minister of the United Church of Canada in 1953. Thanks
HWL!
The Rev. Lindsay G. King from Canada
Comment 6 of 58, added on December 2nd, 2004 at 4:03 AM.
Four poetic works, which I memorized as guide and inspiration to happy,
creative living.
--The Beatitudes (Matt. 5:3-16), King James Version I rewrote in poetic
spacing. The punch line is verse
16, "Let your light shine before men . . ."
--"If" by Rudyard Kipling.
--"The Chambered Nautilus" by Oliver Wendel Holmes.
--"A Psalm of Life" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
I don't know any other short poetic works that inspire me more to live
the GOOD LIFE.
An 80 yr. old vet of WW II
Mas Odoi from United States
Comment 5 of 58, added on November 22nd, 2004 at 10:16 AM.
this is the poem which can change the way we live,
the lines which leave an ever ending impression on us ,
is "trust no future however plesant,
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---------god over head.
want very one to follow that
mansi from India
Comment 4 of 58, added on November 18th, 2004 at 1:52 AM.
Like many of my contemporaries who attended high school in the 40's and
50's, I was required to memorize many poems. A Psalm of Life was one of
those. At the time, I did not fuly appreciate the poem - what teen age boy
did - but in later years came to thoroghly enjoy reciting it to anyone who
might be interested in hearing it. It is my hope that we all can leave
"footprints on the sands of Time" that will in some small way, help another
human being find his/her way through life.
Bill Statum from United States
Comment 3 of 58, added on November 2nd, 2004 at 6:21 AM.
I think this poem is very great and interesting to read but this poem was
very religious so it isn't more wellknown like Alex says becouse only some
people knows about bible and interested about bible.But i just can say that
this poem is very interested.
amy from Indonesia
Comment 2 of 58, added on October 16th, 2004 at 8:19 PM.
I ran across this poem many years (20?) ago and it immediately struck me as
a description of exactly how I felt and how I still do feel about life,
death and how we ought to approach them.
It seems to me that we ought to live our lives to the best of our ability,
enjoying everything, experiencing all , hurt nobody, help anybody we can
whenever we can and wherever we can. And be very, very grateful each
morning that we wake up and are given the privelege to enjoy another day on
this beautiful planet. I sincerely hope that we(6 billion of us?!)haven't
wrecked the planet beyond it's ability to heal.
Think about it...
Al
alan bonetti from United States
Comment 1 of 58, added on October 12th, 2004 at 8:23 PM.
This poem is great, I really enjoy Longfellow's poetry. It has a really
good message as well; it's too bad this poem isn't more well known.
Alex Benson from United States
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We had this poem for studying as a part of our curriculum in India. Since
then it has been my favorite. Have quoted few verses of these off and on..
Is a wonderful poem to read and think during one of the poignant moments.
Gave back my mental peace.. Somehow relives the zest for life in me..Will
always be my favorite..specially the footprints verse.
Sonali from United States