 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,...  The Oxford Book of Victorian Verse - Page 283edited by - 1913 - 1023 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1880 - 576 pages
...opening the volume anywhere — 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...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... | |
 | Hugh Reginald Haweis - 1880 - 354 pages
...force of a sledge hammer. " 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 power of the night, the press of the storm, The host of the foe, Where He stands the Arch Fear, in a visible form ? Yet the strong man must go." With... | |
 | Hugh Reginald Haweis - 1880 - 356 pages
...force of a sledge hammer. " 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 power of the night, the press of the storm, The host of the foe, Where He stands the Arch Fear, in a visible form ? Yet the strong man must go." With... | |
 | John Weiss - 1880 - 296 pages
...caught in the drift beyond. " 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...place ? The power of the night, the press of the storm ? No ! let me taste the whole of it, fare like my peers. The heroes of old ; Bear the brunt, in a minute... | |
 | 1881 - 200 pages
...countless brood of Tethys. 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...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 is gained, The reward of... | |
 | 1881 - 1180 pages
...opening the volume anywhere : " 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...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... | |
 | Five minutes daily readings - 1882 - 408 pages
...SVMONDS). €>eptember 1 1. PROSPICE. 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...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... | |
 | James Baldwin - 1882 - 632 pages
...the fog in my throat, The mist in my face, When the snows begin, aud the blasts denote I am neariug the place, The power of the night, the press of the...Yet the strong man must go; For the journey is done aud the summit attained, And the barriers fall, Though a battle's to fight ere the guerdon be gained,... | |
 | 1883 - 410 pages
...SYMONDS). September n. PROSPICE. 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...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... | |
 | Frederick Langbridge - 1883 - 438 pages
...direction. XXII. PROSPICE. 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...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... | |
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