 One who never turned his back but marched breast forward, Never doubted clouds would break, Never dreamed, though right were worsted, wrong would triumph, Held we fall to rise, are baffled to fight better, Sleep to wake.  The Andover Review - Page 2311890Full view - About this book
 | National Conference of Charities and Correction (U.S.). Annual Session - 1892 - 528 pages
...strong. Truly he was, in word which he loved to quote and think on, — " One who never turned his back, but marched breast forward ; Never doubted clouds...worsted, wrong would triumph ; Held we fall to rise, are battled to fight better, sleep to wake." ADDRESS OF RABBI HENRY BERKOWITZ. It does appear to me an... | |
 | 1892 - 886 pages
...embody a sublime faith in the continuance of the soul's existence ? One who never turned his back, but marched breast forward, Never doubted clouds would...worsted, wrong would triumph, Held we fall to rise again ; are baffled, to fight better, Sleep, to wake ! No ! At noonday, in the bustle of man's worktime,... | |
 | Anne Thackeray Ritchie - 1892 - 30 pages
...turned his back, but marched breast forward ; Never doubted clouds would break; Never dreamed, tho' right were worsted, Wrong would triumph ; Held, we...rise, are baffled to fight better, Sleep to wake." WHEN COMES THE NIGHT. " "BY w. P. PREBLE, JUN. WHEN comes the night, Shall we accuse the sun, Because... | |
 | Jabez Thomas Sunderland, Brooke Herford, Frederick B. Mott - 1892 - 610 pages
...inseparable from the other. Because he lived, the city will five. He was "One who never turned his back, but marched breast forward, Never doubted clouds would...Never dreamed, though right were worsted, wrong would trinmph, Held we fall to rise, are baffled to fight better, sleep to wake." II. D. STEVENS. Alton,... | |
 | William James Dawson - 1892 - 392 pages
...life-work : nor could a more discerning summary be found than in the words, One who never turned his back, but marched breast forward, Never doubted clouds would break, Never dreamed, though right were worsted, wron<* would triumph, Held we fall to rise, are baffled to fight better. Sleep or wake. Upon the announcement... | |
 | Maurice Maeterlinck - 1893 - 670 pages
...ideal, which neither praise nor blame can turn aside; for Browning was "One who never turned his back, but marched breast forward, Never doubted clouds would...rise, are baffled to fight better, Sleep to wake." Francis B. Hornbrooke. WHERE SHAKESPEARIAN CRITICS DISAGREE. " IF I do not keep step with my companions,... | |
 | Thomas Campbell Finlayson - 1893 - 406 pages
...influence by turning our eyes too much upon it. When we can say of any man that " He never turned his back, but marched breast forward, Never doubted clouds would...rise, are baffled to fight better, Sleep to wake," then we know that such a man is sure to have exercised spiritual power over others. When any man marches... | |
 | James Hastings, Ann Wilson Hastings, Edward Hastings - 1893 - 590 pages
...effort, and checks the spirit of enterprise. Browning speaks of— "One who never turned his back, but marched breast forward, Never doubted clouds would...rise, are baffled to fight better ; Sleep to wake." This subject is capable of application in various ways. The optimism of Isaiah, Christ, Paul, and John... | |
 | George Angier Gordon - 1893 - 338 pages
...invigorating impulse to a like assurance in less gifted minds : — " One who never turned his back, but marched breast forward, Never doubted clouds would...rise, are baffled to fight better, Sleep to wake." " No, at noon-day in the bustle of man's work-time Greet the unseen with a choer ! Bid him forward,... | |
 | Evelyn M. Noble - 1893 - 120 pages
...pause one moment to let Browning speak his own character and epitaph. " One who never turned his back but marched breast forward, Never doubted clouds would...rise, are baffled to fight better, Sleep to wake." Noble lines for a poet's farewell to the world, but not nobler than the life which made it possible... | |
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