Not on the vulgar mass Called " work," must sentence pass, Things done, that took the eye and had the price; O'er which, from level stand, The low world laid its hand, Found straightway to its mind, could value in a trice... Dramatis personæ [poems]. Author's ed - Page 96by Robert Browning - 1864Full view - About this book
| Arminianism - 1881 - 1046 pages
...sword for d* accomplished victory. 'Sot on the vulgar mass Gtiled "work," most sentence pass, ftngi done, that took the eye and had the price; O'er which, from level stand, The low world laid its hand, itnightway to its mind, could in a trice : ' But all, the world's coarse thumb And finger failed to... | |
| Robert Browning - English poetry - 1864 - 264 pages
...to each his station in the Past ! Was I, the world arraigned, Were they, my soul disdained, Eight ? Let age speak the truth and give us peace at last!...which, from level stand, The low world laid its hand, 24. But all, the world's coarse thumb And finger failed to plumb, So passed in making up the main account... | |
| Robert Browning - 1864 - 266 pages
...all surmise, They, this thing, and I, that: whom shall my soul believe ? Not on the vulgar mass 23. Called " work," must sentence pass, Things done, that...which, from level stand, The low world laid its hand, 24 But all, the world's coarse thumb And finger failed to plumb, So passed in making up the main account;... | |
| Robert Browning - 1864 - 268 pages
...They, this thing, and I, that: whom shall my soul believe ? Not on the vulgar mass 23. Called " wort," must sentence pass, Things done, that took the eye...which, from level stand, The low world laid its hand, 24. But all, the world's coarse thumb And finger failed to plumb, So passed in making up the main account;... | |
| 1865 - 520 pages
...his work with the work of his weaker contemporaries — Things done, that took the eye and had tue price, O'er which, from level stand, The low world...Found straightway to its mind, could value in a trice. The student and beholder must spend much time in rightly valuing that which the artist has fashioned.... | |
| 1865 - 582 pages
...say that he does not is to compare his work with the work of his weaker contemporaries — Tilings done, that took the eye and had the price, O'er which, from level stand, The low world laid its hand, Pound straightway to its iniud, could value in a trice. The student and beholder must spend much time... | |
| Thomas Wentworth Higginson - United States - 1866 - 504 pages
...soldier were restored to the earth at Mount Auburn, with the honors befitting his military rank. " Not on the vulgar mass Called ' work * must sentence...Found straightway to its mind, could value in a trice : " Thoughts hardly to be packed Into a narrow act, Fancies that broke through language and escaped... | |
| Thomas Wentworth Higginson - United States - 1866 - 512 pages
...soldier were restored to the earth at Mount Auburn, with the honors befitting his military rank. " Not on the vulgar mass Called ' work ' must sentence pass, Things done, that took the eve and had the price ; O'er which, from level stand, The low world laid its hand, Found straightway... | |
| Robert Browning - 1874 - 372 pages
...eyes Match me : we all surmise, They, this thing, and J, that : whom shall my soul believe ? XXIII. Not on the vulgar mass Called " work," must sentence...Found straightway to its mind, could value in a trice : xxiv. But all, the world's coarse thumb And finger failed to plumb, So passed in making up the main... | |
| Songs - 1874 - 252 pages
...call my plan : Thanks that I was a man ! Maker, remake, complete, — I trust what Thou shalt do 1 " B Not on the vulgar mass Called " work," must sentence...Found straightway to its mind, could value in a trice : But all the world's coarse thumb And finger failed to plumb, So passed in making up the main account... | |
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