 Take the cloak from his face, and at first Let the corpse do its worst. How he lies in his rights of a man ! Death has done all death can. And absorbed in the new life he leads, He recks not, he heeds Nor his wrong nor my vengeance — both strike On...  The Living Age - Page 1931912Full view - About this book
 | Arthur Rogers - 1909 - 294 pages
...in the new life he leads, He recks not, he heeds Nor his wrong nor my vengeance; both strike On his senses alike, And are lost in the solemn and strange Surprise of the change." The bearing of the penalty is the first step toward better things, and the new life may help to remedy... | |
 | Henry Churchill King - 1910 - 320 pages
...lost in the solemn and strange Surprise of the change. Ha, what avails death to erase His offense, my disgrace ? I would we were boys as of old In the...Were so easily borne. I stand here now, he lies in his place ; Cover the face." There can be no final victory over the other, but the victory over yourself... | |
 | Henry Churchill King - 1910 - 320 pages
...in the new life he leads, He recks not, he heeds Nor his wrong nor my vengeance; both strike On his senses alike, And are lost in the solemn and strange...of the change. Ha, what avails death to erase His offense, my disgrace ? I would we were boys as of old In the field, by the fold; His outrage, God's... | |
 | Robert Maynard Leonard - 1911 - 642 pages
...one angel — borne, see, on my bosom ! R. BROWKTNO. 107. AFTER TAKE the cloak from his face, and | And are lost in the solemn and strange Surprise of...Were so easily borne. I stand here now, he lies in his at first Let the corpse do its worst. How he lies in his rights of a man Death has done all death... | |
 | Robert Browning - 1911 - 384 pages
...the new life he leads, He recks not, he heeds Nor his wrong nor my vengeance — both strike On his senses alike, And are lost in the solemn and strange...God's patience, man's scorn Were so easily borne. IN THREE DAYS. 1. So, I shall see her in three days And just one night, but nights are short, Then... | |
 | Henry E. Shepherd - 1911 - 256 pages
...in the new life he leads, He recks not, he heeds Nor his wrong nor my vengeance: both strike On his senses alike, And are lost in the solemn and strange Surprise of the change." Thus far the poems that have been the subject of comment were such as drew their inspiration from the... | |
 | Robert Browning - 1912 - 480 pages
...in the new life he leads, He recks not, he heeds Nor his wrong nor my vengeance ; both strike On his senses alike, And are lost in the solemn and strange...Were so easily borne ! I stand here now, he lies in his place : Cover the face ! THE GUARDIAN ANGEL A PICTURE AT FANO I DEAR and great Angel, wouldst thou... | |
 | William Morris - 1913 - 688 pages
...the new life he leads, He recks not, he heeds Nor his wrong nor my vengeance — both strike On his senses alike, And are lost in the solemn and strange...so easily borne. I stand here now, — he lies in his place — Cover the face. I think these two among the most perfect short poems that Robert Browning... | |
 | Sybil Smith - 1913 - 288 pages
...: In Memoriam. " AFTER. " Take the cloak from his face, and at first Let the corpse do its worst ! Ha, what avails death to erase His offence, my disgrace...Were so easily borne ! I stand here now, he lies in his place. Cover the face ! " Our lives are so closely interlocked, that whether we will or no, all... | |
 | William Morris - 1913 - 678 pages
...the new life he leads, He recks not, he heeds Nor his wrong nor my vengeance — both strike On his senses alike, And are lost in the solemn and strange...what avails death to erase His offence, my disgrace 1 I would we were boys as of old In the field, by the fold ; — His outrage, God's patience, man's... | |
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