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" Get leave to work In this world, — 'tis the best you get at all; For God, in cursing, gives us better gifts Than men in benediction. God says, ' Sweat For foreheads ' men say ' crowns ; ' and so we are crowned, — Ay, gashed by some tormenting circle... "
Life of Her Majesty Queen Victoria - Page 205
by Dame Millicent Garrett Fawcett - 1895 - 266 pages
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The Church

1868
...In this world, 'tis the best you get at all ; For God, in cursing, gives us better gifts Than men in benediction. God says, ' Sweat For foreheads,' men...with a secret spring. Get work, get work ; Be sure 'tis better than what you work to get." came it about Mainly through being unemployed. Mark the time...
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Aurora Leigh

Elizabeth Barrett Browning - 1857 - 420 pages
...this world, — 'tis the best you get at all;' For God, in cursing, gives us better gifts Than men in benediction. God says, ' Sweat For foreheads ; ' men...with a secret spring. Get work, get work ; Be sure 'tis better than what you work to get. So, happy and unafraid of solitude, I worked the short days...
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Aurora Leigh. Author's ed

Elizabeth Barrett Browning - 1857 - 388 pages
...this world, — 'tis the best you get at all ; For God, in cursing, gives us better gifts Than men in benediction. God says, ' Sweat For foreheads ;' men...with a secret spring. Get work ; get work ; . Be sure 'tis better than what you work to get. So, happy and unafraid of solitude, I worked the short days...
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Aurora Leigh

Elizabeth Barrett Browning - 1857 - 404 pages
...this world, — 'tis the best you get at all ; For God, in cursing, gives us better gifts Than men in benediction. God says, ' Sweat For foreheads ;' men say ' crowns ;' and so we ara crowned, — Ay, gashed by some tormenting circle of steel Which snaps with a secret spring. Get...
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Lady Elinor Mordaunt, Or, Sunbeams in the Castle

Margaret Maria Gordon - 1860 - 464 pages
...to work In this world, 'tis the best you get at all, For God in cursing gives us better gifts Than men iu benediction. God says, ' Sweat For foreheads.'...a secret spring. Get work— Get work — Be sure 'tis better than what you work to get." — ELIZABETH BARRET BROWNING. " If to do were as easy as to...
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Poems, Volume 3

Elizabeth Barrett Browning - 1862 - 422 pages
...this world, — 'tis the best you get at all ; For God, in cursing, gives us better gifts Than men in benediction. God says, ' Sweat For foreheads ;' men...with a secret spring. Get work ; get work ; Be sure 'tis better than what you work to get. So, happy and unafraid of solitude, I worked the short days...
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Poems, Volume 3

Elizabeth Barrett Browning - 1864 - 418 pages
...this world, — 'tis the best you get at all ; For God, in cursing, gives us better gifts Than men in benediction. God says, ' Sweat For foreheads;' men...steel Which snaps with a secret spring. Get work; gel work ; Be sure 'tis better than what you work to get. So, happy and unafraid of solitude, I worked...
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The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning Complete in One Volume

Elizabeth Barrett Browning - 1870 - 533 pages
...this world, — 'tis the best you get at all ; For God, in cursing, gives us better gifts Than men in benediction. God says, * Sweat For foreheads * men...with a secret spring Get work : get work ; Be sure 'tis better than what you work to get. Serene and unafraid of solitude I worked the short days out,...
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Poetical Works, Volume 5

Elizabeth Barrett Browning - 1872 - 428 pages
...this world — 't is the best you get at all ; For God, in cursing, gives us better gifts Than men in benediction. God says, ' Sweat For foreheads,' men...; Be sure 't is better than what you work to get. Serene and unafraid of solitude I worked the short days out, — and watched the sun On lurid morns...
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Poetical Works: From 1826 to 1844

Elizabeth Barrett Browning - 1872 - 540 pages
...this world, — 'tis the best you get at all; For God, in cursing, gives us better gifts Than men in benediction. God says, ' Sweat For foreheads ' men...with a secret spring Get work ; get work ; Be sure 'tis better than what you work to get. Serene and unafraid of solitude I worked the short days out,...
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