 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 Personae - Страница 79написао/ла Robert Browning - 1864 - 250 страницаПуни преглед - О овој књизи
 | Robert Browning - 1887 - 462 страница
...Strive, and hold cheap the strain ; Learn, nor account the pang ; dare, never grudge the throe ! VII. For thence, — a paradox Which comforts while it...might have been, but would not sink i' the scale. VIII. What is he but a brute Whose flesh hath soul to suit, Whose spirit works lest arms and legs want... | |
 | 1887 - 460 страница
...the former hit the low mark, while the latter fail of all, is bat another reason for the high aim. " For thence, — a paradox Which comforts while it...might have been, but would not sink i' the scale." We are ever to place first that which " swells the man's amount." Success is a subjective condition.... | |
 | Robert Browning - 1887 - 140 страница
..." I But rather, " since we love, we know enough." FERISHTAH'S FANCIES. 10. Francis L. Hawks, 1798. For thence, — a paradox Which comforts while it...comforts me ; A brute I might have been, but would not sinki' the scale. RAERI BEN EZRA. 11. Ben Jonson, 1574. Under a vertical sun, the exposed brain And... | |
 | Henry Fitz Randolph - 1887 - 344 страница
...pain I Strive, and hold cheap the strain ; Learn, nor account the pang; dare, never grudge the throe ! For thence, — a paradox Which comforts while it...fail: What I aspired to be, And was not, comforts me : What is he but a brute Whose flesh has soul to suit, Whose spirit works lest arms and legs want play?... | |
 | 1897 - 816 страница
...ole stall," he said, "but thet didn't hurt her, no, sir! she set the old stall off — she did." XV What I aspired to be, And was not, comforts me : A...might have been, but would not sink i' the scale. THE life at Sewanee was a revelation to Hannah. " You never seen the like, Gramper," Hannah said, on... | |
 | Robert Browning - 1887 - 64 страница
...! Strive, and hold cheap the strain; 35 Learn, nor account the pang; dare, never grudge the throe ! For thence, — a paradox Which comforts while it...succeed in that it seems to fail: What I aspired to be, 40 And was not, comforts me: A brute I might have been, but would not sink i' the scale. What is he... | |
 | Harry Butler SIMPSON - 1888 - 222 страница
...fit for. The spirit be thine ! " " 'Tis not what man does that exalts him, but what 'man would do." " What I aspired to be, and was not, comforts me : A...might have been, but would not sink i' the scale." Unsuccessful attempt is to him of higher value than actual achievement, in this — that it testifies... | |
 | Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool - 1889 - 852 страница
...too.J Failure, itt Success. — Browning thus introduces us to the idea of the Success of Failure : For thence, — a paradox. Which comforts while it...might have been, but would not sink i' the scale. § For what men reject is that which is pleasing to God : All I could never be, All, men ignored in... | |
 | Robert Browning - 1890 - 330 страница
...pain! Strive, and hold cheap the strain; Learn, nor account the pang; dare, never grudge the throe! vn. For thence, — a paradox Which comforts while it...might have been, but would not sink i' the scale. VIII. What is he but a brute Whose flesh hath soul to suit, Whose spirit works lest arms and legs want... | |
 | Robert Browning - 1890 - 344 страница
...Strive, and hold cheap the strain ; Learn, nor account the pang ; dare, never grudge the throe ! VII. For thence, — a paradox Which comforts while it...me : A brute I might have been, but would not sink F the scale. VIII. What is he but a brute Whose flesh has soul to suit, \Ybose spirit works lest arms... | |
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