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,... Public Speaking for Business Men - Page 74by William George Hoffman - 1923 - 300 pagesFull view - About this book
| John Weiss - 1880 - 296 pages
...were intentioned to send the spirit out of her attraction that it may be caught in the drift beyond. " Fear death ? To feel the fog in my throat, The mist...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
...social life; but who can describe them all ? They are innumerable as the countless brood of Tethys. Fear death ? — to feel the fog in my throat, The...done and the summit attained, And the barriers fall, Though a battle's to fight ere the guerdon is gained, The reward of it all. I was ever a fighter, so... | |
| 1881 - 1180 pages
...result. Take Mr. Browning in a passage also chosen by the simple test of opening the volume anywhere : " Fear death ? — to feel the fog in my throat, The...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 put this highly elliptical... | |
| Marcius Willson - 1882 - 558 pages
...characteristic, than the preceding, of the generality of Mr. Browning's writings : — III. — Prospice." ' 1. Fear death ? — to feel the fog in my throat, The...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. 2. I was ever a fighter,... | |
| Five minutes daily readings - 1882 - 408 pages
...Purging the spirits of the pure from grief. MICHAEL ANGELO (JA SVMONDS). €>eptember 1 1. PROSPICE. FEAR death ? to feel the fog in my throat, The mist...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... | |
| James Baldwin - 1882 - 632 pages
...Bryant's Thanatopsis and with Swinburne's Garden of Proserpine, mentioned in another place. Prospice. Fear death ?—to feel 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 storm, The post... | |
| Frederick Langbridge - 1883 - 438 pages
...recollection ; Tom ! — we shall meet again ; — and yet I cannot leave you my direction. XXII. PROSPICE. FEAR death ?— to feel the fog in my throat, The...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,... | |
| 1883 - 410 pages
...smart, Purging the spirits of the pure from grief. MICHAEL ANGELO (JA SYMONDS). September n. PROSPICE. FEAR death ? to feel the fog in my throat, The mist...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... | |
| Robert Browning - 1883 - 308 pages
...witnessing murmured, persistent and low, With their obstinate, all but hushed voices — E'en PROSPICE. Fear death ? — to feel the fog in my throat, The...visible form, Yet the strong man must go. For the iourney is done and the summit attained, And the barriers fall, Though a battle's to fight ere the... | |
| Evangeline F. Smith - 1883 - 468 pages
...overmastering solicitude for his patient, turned his head. His companion was already gone. CHAPTER XII. The power of the Night, the press of the Storm, the post of the Foe. EOBEKT BKOWNING. Come flame, come tortnre for my sins ! Or mercy ope the golden portal. WALTER THOBNBUET.... | |
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