 | Robert Browning - 1830 - 426 pages
...Fear in a visible form, Yet the strong man must go : For the journey is done and the summit attained, And the barriers fall, : Though a battle's to fight...gained, The reward of it all. I was ever a fighter, so — one fight more, The best and the last ! I would hate that death bandaged my eyes, and forbore,... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 pages
...battle 'a to fight ere the guerdon be gained, The reward of it all. 1 was ever a fighter, so, — one fight more, The best and the last! I would hate that Death bandaged my eyes, and forbore, And bade me creep past. No! let me taste the whole of it, fare like my peers. The heroes of... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1913 - 872 pages
...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 it all. I was ever a fighter, so — one fight more, The best and the last ! I would hate that death bandaged my eyes, and forbore,... | |
 | Robert Browning - 1864 - 266 pages
...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...last! I would hate that death bandaged my eyes, and forbore, And bade me creep past. No! let me taste the whole of it, fare like my peers The heroes of... | |
 | Robert Browning - 1864 - 268 pages
...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...more, The best and the last! I would hate that death handaged my eyes, and forbore, And bade me creep past. No! let me taste the whole of it, fare like... | |
 | Robert Browning - 1864 - 270 pages
...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 it all. I was ever a fighter, so — one fight more, The best and the last ! I would hate that death bandaged my eyes, and forbore,... | |
 | Robert Browning - 1864 - 276 pages
...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 it all. I was ever a fighter, so — one fight more, The best and the last ! I would hate that death bandaged my eyes, and forbore,... | |
 | Robert Browning - 1864 - 298 pages
...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 it all. I was ever a fighter, so — one fight more, The best and the last ! I would hate that death bandaged my eyes, and forbore,... | |
 | Robert Browning - 1864 - 300 pages
...battle 's to fight ere the guerdon be gained, The reward of it all. I was ever a fighter, so — one fight more, The best and the last ! I would hate that death bandaged my eyes, and forbore, And bade me creep past. No ! let me taste the whole of it, fare like my peers The heroes of... | |
 | 1865 - 826 pages
...Fear in a visible form, Yet the strong man must go : For the journey is done and the summit attained, And the barriers fall, Though a battle's to fight...gained, The reward of it all. I was ever a fighter, so — one fight more, The best and the last ! I would hate that death bandaged my eyes, and forbore,... | |
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And bade me creep past. No! let me taste the whole of it, fare like my peers The heroes of old, Bear the brunt, in a minute pay glad life's arrears Of pain, darkness and cold. 
