 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. For sudden the worst turns the best to the brave, The black minute's at end,...  Gateway - Page 191908Full view - About this book
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - American poetry - 1832 - 1022 pages
...And the barriers fall, Though a 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.... | |
 | Caricatures and cartoons - 1884 - 324 pages
...Tories. My advice is, reject the Bill over and over again ! Lord R-nd-lph Ch-rch-ll. Right you are ! " I was ever a fighter, so one fight more, The best and the last ! "—as BROWNING writes. I say, am I to be Home Secretary, or what ? And keep a place for poor old... | |
 | Literature - 1910 - 862 pages
...unbecoming but ridiculous. With the proper approach to Death his sting, if he have one, may be drawn: — I was ever a fighter, so — one fight more. The best and the last! I would hate that death bandaged my eyes, and forebore. And bade me creep past. No! let me taste the whole of It, fare like my peers... | |
 | American essays - 1902 - 902 pages
...in my case more bravado than pluck, but which at any rate knows how to appreciate pluck in others. " I was ever a fighter, so — one fight more The best and the last I " struck a chord that went thrilling on until the quick transition at the end of the poem, when " the... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - Electronic journals - 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...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... | |
 | 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...best and the last ! I would hate that death bandaged my eyes, and forbore, And bade me creep past. K No ! let me taste the whole of it, fare like my peers... | |
 | 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...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... | |
 | 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...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... | |
 | Robert Browning - English poetry - 1864 - 264 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...fighter, so — one fight more, The best and the last ! fj I would hate that death bandaged my eyes, and forbore, / And bade me creep past. No ! let me taste... | |
 | 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 it all. I was ever a fighter, so—one fight more, The best and the last! I would hate that death handaged my eyes, and forbore,... | |
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