our The frail duration of a flower 1st stanza The honey suckle lives an obscure, unknown forgotten, serene, and safe life 2nd stanza: The pure, innocent honey suckle is not contaminated by the vulgar eye of people and protected, embraced, and nurtured by Nature 3d stanza: grief upon the flower's death 4th stanza: nothing gained, nothing lost 第十四讲 2. A Psalm of Life(p102) by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 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!3 hour, The frail duration of a flower. 1 st stanza: The honey suckle lives an obscure, unknown, forgotten, serene, and safe life. 2 nd stanza: The pure, innocent honey suckle is not contaminated by the vulgar eye of people and protected, embraced, and nurtured by Nature. 3 rd stanza: grief upon the flower’s death 4 th stanza: nothing gained, nothing lost 第十四讲 2. A Psalm of Life (p102) by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow . 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!