 And bade me creep past. No! let me taste the whole of it, fare like my peers The heroes of old, Bear the brunt, in a minute pay glad life's arrears Of pain, darkness and cold. For sudden the worst turns the best to the brave, The black minute's at end,...  Dramatis Personae - Page 150by Robert Browning - 1864 - 250 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Robert Browning - 1830 - 426 pages
...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 !...For sudden the worst turns the best to the brave, Prosplce (look forward) is a challenge to spiritual conflict, exultant with i certainty of victory,... | |
 | Literature - 1910 - 862 pages
...— one fight more. The best and the last! I would hate that death bandaged my eyes, and forebore. And bade me creep past. No! let me taste the whole...pay glad life's arrears Of pain, darkness and cold. BOOKS AND AUTHORS Mr. Edward Breck'e "Wilderness Pets at Camp Buckshaw" will not draw the wrath of... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - Electronic journals - 1913 - 872 pages
...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 !...sudden the worst turns the best to the brave, The black minute's at end, And the elements' rage, the fiend-voices that rave, Shall dwindle, shall blend, Shall... | |
 | Robert Browning - 1864 - 300 pages
...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 !...The black minute 's at end, And the elements' rage, tne fiend-voices that rave, Shall dwindle, shall blend, Shall change, shall become first a peace, then... | |
 | Robert Browning - 1864 - 276 pages
...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 !...whole of it, fare like my peers The heroes of old, A Bear the brunt, in a minute pay glad life's arrears Of pain, darkness, and cold. For sudden the worst... | |
 | Sir John Skelton - 1865 - 398 pages
...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 !...to the brave, The black minute 's at end, And the element's rage, the fiend-voices that rave, Shall dwindle, shall blend, Shall change, shall become... | |
 | 1865 - 826 pages
...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 !...sudden the worst turns the best to the brave, The black minute's at end, And the elements' rage, the fiend voices that rave, Shall dwindle, shall blend, Shall... | |
 | Frances Martin - English poetry - 1866 - 506 pages
...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 !...sudden the worst turns the best to the brave, The black minute's at end, And the elements' rage, the fiend voices that rave, Shall dwindle, shall blend, Shall... | |
 | R. C. J. - English poetry - 1866 - 304 pages
...so—one fight more The best and the last! I would hate that death bandaged my eyes, and forebore, And bade me creep past. No ! let me taste the whole...sudden the worst turns the best to the brave The black minute's at end, And the elements' rage, the fiend voices that rave, Shall dwindle, shall blend, Shall... | |
 | Robert Collyer - Sermons, American - 1867 - 334 pages
...of it ; fare like my peers Who have met him of old ; Bear the brunt ; in a moment pay life's whole arrears Of pain, darkness, and cold : For sudden the worst turns the best to the brave. The dark minutes at end, Then the elements rage ; and the voices that rave Shall soften and blend, —... | |
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