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" For thence— a paradox Which comforts while it mocks— Shall life succeed in that it seems to fail: What I aspired to be, And was not, comforts me; A brute I might have been, but would not sink i "
Dramatis Personae - Page 79
by Robert Browning - 1864 - 250 pages
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The Living Age, Volume 154

1882 - 844 pages
...! Strive, and hold cheap the strain ; Learn, nor account the pang ; dare, never grudge the throe l For thence — a paradox Which comforts while it mocks...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...
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Dramatis personæ [poems]. Author's ed

Robert Browning - 1864 - 276 pages
...turns earth's smoothness rough, Each sting that bids nor sit nor stand, but go! Be our joys three parts pain ! Strive, and hold cheap the strain ; Learn,...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...
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Dramatis Personœ

Robert Browning - 1864 - 300 pages
...earth's smoothness rough, Each sting that bids nor sit nor stand, but go ! Be our joys three parts pain ! Strive, -and hold cheap the strain ; Learn,...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...
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Dramatis Personœ

Robert Browning - 1864 - 298 pages
...pain ! Strive, and hold cheap the strain ; \ Learn, nor account the pang ; dare, never grudge the V throe ! 7. For thence — a paradox Which comforts...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...
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The Gospel of the Resurrection: Thoughts on Its Relation to Reason and History

Brooke Foss Westcott - Resurrection - 1874 - 412 pages
...vigour 1 The student of Browning will recall countless passages in which he illuminates this truth. For thence- -a paradox Which comforts while it mocks...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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Selections from [his] Poetical Works

Robert Browning - 1874 - 372 pages
...Strive, and hold cheap the strain ; Learn, nor account the pang ; dare, never grudge the throe ! VII. For thence, — a paradox Which comforts while it...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...
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Songs of the Cross and crown

Songs - 1874 - 252 pages
...hold cheap the strain ; Learn, nor account the pang ; dare, never grudge the throe ! For thenco, — a paradox Which comforts while it mocks, — Shall...succeed in that it seems to fail ; What I aspired to bo And was not, comforts me : A brute I might have been, but would not sink i' the scale. Not once...
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Little Classics, Volume 14

Rossiter Johnson - 1875 - 242 pages
...! Strive, and hold cheap the strain ; Learn, nor account the pang ; dare, never grndge the throe ! For thence — a paradox Which comforts while it mocks...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 play...
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Songs of Three Centuries

John Greenleaf Whittier - American poetry - 1875 - 392 pages
...dare, never grudge the throe ! For thence — a paradox Which comforts while it mocks — Shall lite succeed in that it seems to fail : What I aspired...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 play...
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Songs of Three Centuries

John Greenleaf Whittier - American poetry - 1875 - 560 pages
...! Strive, and hold cheap the strain ; Learn, nor account the pang ; dare, never grudge the throe ! For thence — a paradox Which comforts while it mocks — Shall life succeed in that it seema to fail : What I aspired to be, And was not, comforts me : A brute 1 might hare been, but would...
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