| 1882 - 844 páginas
...the strain ; Learn, nor account the pang ; dare, never grudge the throe l For thence — a paradox Which comforts while it mocks — Shall life succeed...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 - 264 páginas
...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...What is he but a brute Whose flesh hath soul to suit, Whose spirit works lest arms and legs want play ? To man, propose this test — Thy body at its best,... | |
| Robert Browning - 1864 - 266 páginas
...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...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 play ? To man, propose... | |
| Robert Browning - 1864 - 276 páginas
...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 Whose flesh hath soul to suit, Whose spirit works lest arms and legs want... | |
| Robert Browning - 1864 - 268 páginas
...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...might have been, but would not sink i' the scale. 8. What is he but a brute Whose flesh hath soul to suit, Whose spirit works lest arms and legs want... | |
| Robert Browning - 1864 - 276 páginas
...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...might have been, but would not sink i' the scale. 8. What is he but a brute Whose flesh hath soul to suit, Whose spirit works lest arms and legs want... | |
| Robert Browning - 1864 - 300 páginas
...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 páginas
...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 páginas
...strain ; Learn, nor account the pang ; dare, never grudge the throe ! VII. For thence, — a paradox Which comforts while it mocks, — Shall life succeed...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 páginas
...Browning will recall countless passages in which he illuminates this truth. For thence- -a paradox Which comforts while it mocks — Shall life succeed...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... | |
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