Art is long, and time is fleeting,[612:3]

And our hearts, though stout and brave,

Still like muffled drums are beating

Funeral marches to the grave.[612:4]

A Psalm of Life.

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!

A Psalm of Life.