 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,...  Poems of the English Race - Page 339edited by - 1921 - 410 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Robert Browning - 1830 - 426 pages
...well worth thinking o'er When autumn comes : which I mean to do One day, as I said before. 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,... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1913 - 872 pages
...friend hardly ruffled his trustful serenity. Of his own death I cannot write. Browning foresaw it : ' 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,... | |
 | Robert Browning - 1864 - 298 pages
...I, — whene'er the leaf grows there, Its drop comes from my heart, that 's all. PROSPICE. 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,... | |
 | Robert Browning - 1864 - 276 pages
...I, — whene'er the leaf grows there, Its drop comes from my heart, that 's all. PROSPICE. PKOSPICE. 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,... | |
 | Robert Browning - 1864 - 268 pages
...But I,—whene'er the leaf grows there, Its drop comes from my heart, that's all. PROSPICE. 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,... | |
 | Robert Browning - 1864 - 300 pages
...whene'er the leaf grows there, Its drop comes from my heart, that 's all. PROSPICE, PROSPICE. FEAK 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,... | |
 | 1865 - 826 pages
...close with some noble lines, different in strain from all that we have quoted before : — 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, so... | |
 | Frances Martin - 1866 - 506 pages
...from your sights. Baling. Go, some of you convey him to the Tower. " W. Shakespeare. LXXVII. PROSPICE. 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... | |
 | R. C. J. - 1866 - 304 pages
...breeze, O rushing seas! At last, at last, unite them there ! PROSPICE. AH CLOUGH. FEAR death I—to feel the fog in my throat, The mist in my face, When...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... | |
 | Robert Browning - 1866 - 120 pages
...rim, • And straight was a path of gold for him, And the need of a world of men for me. PROSPICE. FAE death ? — to feel the fog in my throat, The mist...post of the foe ; Where he stands, the Arch Fear in a risible form, Yet the strong man must go : For the journey is done and the summit attained, And the... | |
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