Read the stanza from henry wadsworth longfellow's "a psalm of life" 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. which is the best summary of this stanza? a) each day we move closer to death. b) hearts beat in time to funeral marches. c) many things take a long time. d) our hearts beat like drums.