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
| John Greenleaf Whittier - 1890 - 460 страница
...! Strive, and hold cheap the strain ; Learn, nor account the pang ; dare, never grudge the throe ! For thence — a paradox Which comforts while it mocks...succeed in that it seems to fail : What I aspired to be, k And was not, comforts me : A brute I might have been, but would not sink i' the scale. What is he... | |
| Browning club, Syracuse, N.Y. - 1890 - 120 страница
...Bordello, where the plague-spot is " Thrusting in time eternity's concern." Rabbi Ben Ezra says : — " For thence — a paradox " Which comforts while it...— " Shall life succeed in that it seems to fail ? " And Bishop Blougram : — " Not to fancy what were fair in life, "Provided it could be, — but... | |
| Brooke Foss Westcott - 1891 - 420 страница
...pain ! Strive, and hold cheap the strain; Learn, nor account the pang ; dare, never grudge the throe! For thence— a paradox Which comforts while it mocks—...brute I might have been, but would not sink i' the scale2. So far the cause of failure lies mainly in the man himself. He is conscious of a potency, a... | |
| Robert Browning - 1892 - 488 страница
...Strive, and hold cheap the strain ; Learn, nor account the pang ; date, 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... | |
| Robert Browning - 1892 - 466 страница
...Learn, nor account the pang ; dare, never grudge the throe ! VII. For thence, — a paradox Whip h comforts while it mocks, — Shall life succeed in...might have been, but would not sink i' the scale/' VIII. IX. Yet gifts should prove their use : I own the Fast profuse Of power each side, perfection... | |
| 1893 - 736 страница
...done, that took the eye, and had the price ; ' and the things done are of small account at best. ' What I aspired to be And was not comforts me ; A brute...might have been, but would not sink i' the scale.' To have an ideal and to strive after it at any cost of suffering, and if it prove actually attainable,... | |
| Thomas Humphry Ward - 1894 - 178 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 has soul to suit, Whose spirit works lest arms and legs want... | |
| 1894 - 152 страница
...wish in view, and harder still to accomplish it, still let us hold that cheerful faith secure, — ' For thence — a paradox Which comforts while it mocks,...might have been, but would not sink i' the scale. ' 133 HYMN. OTHOU, whose perfect goodness crowns With peace and joy this sacred day, Our hearts are... | |
| Robert Browning - 1894 - 542 страница
...cheap the strain ; Learn, nor account the pang; dare, never grudge the throe! vII. For thence,—a paradox Which comforts while it mocks,— Shall life...might have been, but would not sink i' the scale. vnr. What is he but a brute Whose flesh has soul to suit, Whose spirit works lest arms and legs want... | |
| Thomas Humphry Ward - 1894 - 862 страница
...never grudge the throe ! vu. For thence, — a paradox Which comforts while it mocks, — % ' Iiall life succeed in that it seems to fail: What I aspired...might have been, but would not sink i' the scale. vm. What is he but a brute Whose flesh has soul to suit, Whose spirit works lest arms and legs want... | |
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