Question

Read the lines from "A Psalm of Life."

Lives of great men all remind us
We can make our lives sublime,
And, departing, leave behind us
Footprints on the sands of time.

The imagery in the lines suggests that
time moves slowly and surely.
great deeds are remembered in history.
time is like an unending, perpetual desert.
each day is equivalent to a grain of sand.

Answer 1

Great deeds are remembered in history.

Explanation: The image of "footprints on the sands of time" implies that actions leave lasting marks on history or memory. It emphasizes lasting legacy rather than slow passage of time, a desert, or individual days as grains of sand.