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 - Sayfa 79Robert Browning tarafından - 1864 - 250 sayfaTam görünüm - Bu kitap hakkında
| 1882 - 844 sayfa
...hold cheap the strain ; Learn, nor account the pang ; dare, never grudge the throe l For thence — a paradox Which comforts while it mocks — Shall life...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 - 276 sayfa
...cheap the strain ; Learn, nor account the pang; dare, never grudge the throe ! 7. For thence — a paradox Which comforts •while it mocks — • Shall...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... | |
| Robert Browning - 1864 - 300 sayfa
...cheap the strain ; Learn, nor account the pang ; dare, never grudge the throe ! 7. For thence — a paradox Which comforts while it mocks — Shall life...succeed in that it seems to fail : What I aspired to be, -v And was not, comforts me : A brute I might have been, but would not sink i' the scale. 8. What is... | |
| Robert Browning - 1864 - 298 sayfa
...cheap the strain ; \ Learn, nor account the pang ; dare, never grudge the V throe ! 7. For thence — a paradox Which comforts while it mocks — Shall life succeed in that it seems to fail : jWhat I aspired to be, A And was not, comforts me : A brute I might have been, but would not sink... | |
| Robert Browning - 1874 - 372 sayfa
...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. 1 VIII. What is he but a brute Whose flesh hath soul to suit, Whose spirit works lest arms and legs... | |
| Brooke Foss Westcott - 1874 - 412 sayfa
...student of Browning will recall countless passages in which he illuminates this truth. For thence- -a paradox Which comforts while it mocks — Shall life...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... | |
| Songs - 1874 - 252 sayfa
...hold cheap the strain ; Learn, nor account the pang ; dare, never grudge the throe ! For thenco, — a paradox 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... | |
| Rossiter Johnson - 1875 - 240 sayfa
...hold cheap the strain ; Learn, nor account the pang ; dare, never grudge the throe ! For thence — a paradox Which comforts while it mocks — Shall life...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 - 392 sayfa
...dare, never grudge the throe ! For thence — a paradox Which comforts while it mocks — Shall lite succeed in that it seems to fail : What I aspired...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 sayfa
...hold cheap the strain ; Learn, nor account the pang ; dare, never grudge the throe ! For thence — a paradox Which comforts while it mocks — Shall life succeed in that it seema to fail : What I aspired to be, And was not, comforts me : A brute 1 might hare been, but would... | |
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