 For thence— a paradox Which comforts while it mocks— Shall life succeed in that it seems to fail: What I aspired to be, And was not, comforts me; A brute I might have been, but would not sink i  Dramatis Personœ - Страница 91написао/ла Robert Browning - 1864 - 262 страницаПуни преглед - О овој књизи
 | 1882 - 844 страница
...Which comforts while it mocks — Shall life succeed in that it seems to fail ; What I aspired to be, And was not, comforts me : A brute I might have been, but would not sink i' the scale. (" Rabbi ben Ezra.") Such are Mr. Browning's vigorous utterances upon the most universal and depressing... | |
 | Robert Browning - 1864 - 268 страница
...Which comforts while it mocks,— Shall life succeed in that it seems to fail: What I aspired to be, And was not, comforts me : A brute I might have been,...man, propose this test— Thy body at its best, How fer can that project thy soul on its lone way ? 9. Yet gifts should prove their use: I own the Past... | |
 | Robert Browning - 1864 - 266 страница
...Which comforts while it mocks,— Shall life succeed in that it seems to fail: What I aspired to be, And was not, comforts me : A brute I might have been, but would not sink i' the scale. What is he but a brute 8. Whose flesh hath soul to suit, Whose spirit works lest arms and legs want... | |
 | Robert Browning - 1864 - 276 страница
...comforts •while it mocks — • Shall life succeed in that it seems to fail : What I aspired to be, And was not, comforts me : A brute I might have been, but would not sink i' the scale. & What is he but a brute Whose flesh hath soul to suit, Whose spirit works lest arms and legs want... | |
 | Brooke Foss Westcott - 1874 - 412 страница
...Which comforts while it mocks — Shall life succeed in that it seems to fail: What I aspired to be, And was not, comforts me: A brute I might have been, but would not sink i' the scale. INTRODUC- of will of which under ordinary circumstances he is wholly unconscious. The crisis brings... | |
 | Robert Browning - 1874 - 372 страница
...Which comforts while it mocks, — Shall life succeed in that it seems to fail : What I aspired to be, And was not, comforts me : A brute I might have been, but would not sink i' the scale. 1 VIII. What is he but a brute Whose flesh hath soul to suit, Whose spirit works lest arms and legs... | |
 | Songs - 1874 - 252 страница
...Which comforts while it mocks, — Shall life succeed in that it seems to fail ; What I aspired to bo And was not, comforts me : A brute I might have been, but would not sink i' the scale. Not once beat " Praise be Thine ! I see the whole design, I, who saw Power, see now Love perfect too... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1875 - 392 страница
...Which comforts while it mocks — Shall lite succeed in that it seems to fail : What I aspired to be, And was not, comforts me : A brute I might have been, but would not sink i' the scale. What is he but a brute Whose flesh hath soul to suit, Whose spirit works lest arms and legs want play... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1875 - 560 страница
...aspired to be, And was not, comforts me : A brute 1 might hare been, but would not sink i' the scale. What is he but a brute Whose flesh hath soul to suit. Whose spirit works lest arms and lega want play? To man, propose this test, — Thy body at its best, How far can that project thy soul... | |
 | Arthur Cayley Headlam - 1879 - 550 страница
...Which comforts while it mocks, — Shall life succeed in that it seems to fail ; What I aspired to be, And was not, comforts me ; A brute I might have been, but would not sink i' the scale. ' Not on the vulgar mass Called " work " must sentence pass, Things done, that took the eye and had... | |
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