Fear death? — to feel the fog in my throat, The mist in my face, When the snows begin, and the blasts denote I am nearing the place, The power of the night, the press of the storm, The post of the foe; Where he stands, the Arch Fear in a visible form,... Four Great Teachers: John Ruskin, Thomas Carlyle, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and ... - Page 115by Joseph Forster - 1890 - 140 pagesFull view - About this book
| Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 pages
...Not even this life I live, intolerable! ROBERT BROWNING. PROSP1CE. FEAR death? — to feel the fog in my throat, The mist in my face, When the snows begin, and the blasts denote I am Hearing the place, The power of the night, the press of the storm, The post of the foe; Where he stands,... | |
| Henry Allon - 1866 - 606 pages
...monotony of it, but among the earnest workers and able thinkers of the time, those who are familiar with ' The power of the night, the press of the storm, The post of the foe;' for Mrs. Craik's great charm is a repose of manner, a quiet dignity of style, which, while it impresses... | |
| William Makepeace Thackeray - 1913 - 872 pages
...serenity. Of his own death I cannot write. Browning foresaw it : ' Fear death ? — to feel the fog in my throat, The mist in my face, When the snows begin,...he stands, the Arch Fear in a visible form, Yet the strong man must go : For the journey is done and the summit attained, And the barriers fall, Though... | |
| Robert Browning - 1864 - 298 pages
...Its drop comes from my heart, that 's all. PROSPICE. PROSPICE. FEAR death ? — to feel the fog in my throat, The mist in my face, When the snows begin,...he stands, the Arch Fear in a visible form, Yet the strong man must go : For the journey is done and the summit attained, And the barriers fall, Though... | |
| Robert Browning - 1864 - 270 pages
...Its drop comes from my heart, that 's all. PEOSPICE. PROSPICE. FEAR death ? — to feel the fog in my throat, The mist in my face, When the snows begin,...he stands, the Arch Fear in a visible form, Yet the strong man must go : For the journey is done and the summit attained, And the barriers fall, Though... | |
| Robert Browning - 1864 - 276 pages
...Its drop comes from my heart, that 's all. PROSPICE. PKOSPICE. FEAR death ? — to feel the fog in my throat, The mist in my face, When the snows begin,...he stands, the Arch Fear in a visible form, Yet the strong man must go : For the journey is done and the summit attained, And the barriers fall, Though... | |
| 1865 - 826 pages
...in strain from all that we have quoted before : — PROSPICE. " Fear death ?— to feel the fog in my throat, The mist in my face, When the snows begin,...he stands, the Arch Fear in a visible form, Yet the strong man must go : For the journey is done and the summit attained, And the barriers fall, Though... | |
| R. C. J. - 1866 - 304 pages
...rushing seas! At last, at last, unite them there ! PROSPICE. AH CLOUGH. FEAR death I—to feel the fog in my throat, The mist in my face, When the snows begin,...he stands, the Arch Fear in a visible form, Yet the strong man must go : For the journey is done and the summit attained, And the barriers fall, Though... | |
| Frances Martin - 1866 - 506 pages
...of you convey him to the Tower. " W. Shakespeare. LXXVII. PROSPICE. death ? — to feel the fog in my throat, The mist in my face, When the snows begin,...he stands, the Arch Fear in a visible form, Yet the strong man must go : For the journey is done and the summit attained, And the barriers fall, Though... | |
| Robert Browning - 1866 - 120 pages
...of gold for him, And the need of a world of men for me. PROSPICE. FAE death ? — to feel the fog in my throat, The mist in my face, When the snows begin,...post of the foe ; Where he stands, the Arch Fear in a risible form, Yet the strong man must go : For the journey is done and the summit attained, And the... | |
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