 FEAR death ? — to feel the fog in my throat, The mist in my face, When the snows begin, and the blasts denote I am nearing the place, The power of the night, the press of the storm, The post of the foe ; Where he stands, the Arch Fear in a visible form,...  Story, Essay, and Verse: Modern Prose and Poetry Selected from the Atlantic ... - Page 361edited by - 1921 - 394 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Robert Browning - 1830 - 426 pages
...well worth thinking o'er When autumn comes : which I mean to do One day, as I said before. PROSPICE. FEAR death ? — to feel the fog in my throat, The...last ! I would hate that death bandaged my eyes, and forbore, And bade me creep past. No ! let me taste the whole of it, fare like my peers The heroes of... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 pages
...And the barriers fall, Though a battle 'a to fight ere the guerdon be gained, The reward of it all. 1 was ever a fighter, so, — one fight more, The best...last! I would hate that Death bandaged my eyes, and forbore, And bade me creep past. No! let me taste the whole of it, fare like my peers. The heroes of... | |
 | 1910 - 862 pages
...unbecoming but ridiculous. With the proper approach to Death his sting, if he have one, may be drawn: — I was ever a fighter, so — one fight more. The best...last! I would hate that death bandaged my eyes, and forebore. And bade me creep past. No! let me taste the whole of It, fare like my peers The heroes of... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1913 - 872 pages
...must go : For the journey is done and the summit attained, And the barriers fall, Though a battle 's to fight ere the guerdon be gained, The reward of...last ! I would hate that death bandaged my eyes, and forbore, And bade me creep past. No ! let me taste the whole of it, fare like my peers The heroes of... | |
 | Robert Browning - 1864 - 276 pages
...must go : For the journey is done and the summit attained, And the barriers fall, Though a battle 's to fight ere the guerdon be gained, The reward of...last ! I would hate that death bandaged my eyes, and forbore, And bade me creep past. No ! let me taste the whole of it, fare like my peers The heroes of... | |
 | Robert Browning - 1864 - 270 pages
...must go : For the journey is done and the summit attained, And the barriers fall, Though a battle 's to fight ere the guerdon be gained, The reward of...last ! I would hate that death bandaged my eyes, and forbore, And bade me creep past. No ! let me taste the whole of it, fare like my peers The heroes of... | |
 | Robert Browning - 1864 - 298 pages
...must go : For the journey is done and the summit attained, And the barriers fall, Though a battle 's to fight ere the guerdon be gained, The reward of...last ! I would hate that death bandaged my eyes, and forbore, And bade me creep past. K No ! let me taste the whole of it, fare like my peers The heroes... | |
 | Robert Browning - 1864 - 266 pages
...battle 's to fight ere the guerdon be gained, The reward of it all. I was ever a fighter, so—one fight more, The best and the last! I would hate that death bandaged my eyes, and forbore, And bade me creep past. No! let me taste the whole of it, fare like my peers The heroes of... | |
 | Robert Browning - 1864 - 268 pages
...battle 's to fight ere the guerdon be gained, The reward of it all. I was ever a fighter, so—one fight more, The best and the last! I would hate that death handaged my eyes, and forbore, And bade me creep past. No! let me taste the whole of it, fare like... | |
 | 1865 - 826 pages
...close with some noble lines, different in strain from all that we have quoted before : — PROSPICE. " Fear death ?— to feel the fog in my throat, The...last ! I would hate that death bandaged my eyes, and forbore, And bade me creep past. No ! let me taste the whole of it, fare like my peers The heroes of... | |
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