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 - Page 91by Robert Browning - 1864 - 262 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1882 - 844 pages
...! Strive, and hold cheap the strain ; Learn, nor account the pang ; dare, never grudge the throe l For thence — a paradox Which comforts while it mocks...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 pages
...disturbs our clod ; Nearer we hold of God Who gives, than of His tribes that take, I must believe. 6. Then, welcome each rebuff That turns earth's smoothness...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 - 264 pages
...turns earth's smoothness rough, Each sting that bids nor sit nor stand but go ! Be our joys three-parts pain ! Strive, and hold cheap the strain ; Learn,...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... | |
| Robert Browning - 1864 - 266 pages
...hold 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...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 - 1874 - 372 pages
...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. 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 pages
...vigour 1 The student of Browning will recall countless passages in which he illuminates this truth. For thence- -a paradox Which comforts while it mocks...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 pages
...hold cheap the strain ; Learn, nor account the pang ; dare, never grudge the throe ! For thenco, — a paradox Which comforts while it mocks, — Shall...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 - 242 pages
...! Strive, and hold cheap the strain ; Learn, nor account the pang ; dare, never grndge the throe ! For thence — a paradox Which comforts while it mocks...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 pages
...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 pages
...! 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 — 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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