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" The post of the foe ; Where 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 a battle's to fight ere the guerdon be gained, The reward of it all. I... "
The Best Short Poems of the Nineteenth Century: Being the Twenty-five Best ... - Page 39
by William Sinclair Lord - 1899 - 52 pages
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Punch, Volume 87

1884 - 324 pages
...Tories. My advice is, reject the Bill over and over again ! Lord R-nd-lph Ch-rch-ll. Right you are ! " I was ever a fighter, so one fight more, The best and the last ! "—as BROWNING writes. I say, am I to be Home Secretary, or what ? And keep a place for poor old...
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Littell's Living Age, Volume 266

1910 - 862 pages
...unbecoming but ridiculous. With the proper approach to Death his sting, if he have one, may be drawn: — I was ever a fighter, so — one fight more. The best...last! I would hate that death bandaged my eyes, and forebore. And bade me creep past. No! let me taste the whole of It, fare like my peers The heroes of...
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The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 90

1902 - 902 pages
...in my case more bravado than pluck, but which at any rate knows how to appreciate pluck in others. " I was ever a fighter, so — one fight more The best and the last I " struck a chord that went thrilling on until the quick transition at the end of the poem, when " the...
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Dramatis Personœ

Robert Browning - 1864 - 298 pages
...must go : For the journey is done and the summit attained, And the barriers fall, Though a battle 's to fight ere the guerdon be gained, The reward of...bandaged my eyes, and forbore, And bade me creep past. K No ! let me taste the whole of it, fare like my peers The heroes of old, Bear the brunt, in a minute...
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Dramatis Personae

Robert Browning - 1864 - 264 pages
...must go : For the journey is done and the summit attained, And the barriers fall, Though a battle 's to fight ere the guerdon be gained, The reward of...fighter, so — one fight more, The best and the last ! fj I would hate that death bandaged my eyes, and forbore, / And bade me creep past. No ! let me taste...
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Dramatis Personae

Robert Browning - 1864 - 268 pages
...must go : For the journey is done and the summit attained, And the barriers fall, Though a battle 's to fight ere the guerdon be gained, The reward of it all. I was ever a fighter, so—one fight more, The best and the last! I would hate that death handaged my eyes, and forbore,...
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Poems of the Inner Life: Selected Chiefly from Modern Authors

R. C. J. - 1866 - 304 pages
...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 a battle's to fight ere the guerdon be gained, I was ever a fighter, so—one fight more The best and the last! I would hate that death bandaged my...
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The American Journal of Obstetrics and Diseases of Women and Children, Volume 79

1919 - 912 pages
...of Browning's lines: " For the journey is done and the summit attained, And the barriers fall, Tho a battle's to fight ere the guerdon be gained, The...last! I would hate that death bandaged my eyes, and forebore, And bade me creep past." MARTIN STAMM, MD, FACS, BY JH JACOBSON, MD, Toledo, O. ON May 22,...
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Victoria Magazine, Volume 11

1868 - 598 pages
...l" When the sn0 K foC^' . Ae blasts denote * ..j,,' For the journey is done and the summit attained, And the barriers fall, Though a battle's to fight ere the guerdon be gained— The reward of it alL" To return — not a nos moutons, but to our butterflies — there is a question we have often thought...
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Leaves from the Poets' Laurels

1869 - 254 pages
...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 a battle's to fight...hate that death bandaged my eyes, and forbore, And made me creep past. No ! let me taste the whole of it, fare like my peers The heroes of old, Bear the...
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