 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,...  Public Speaking for Business Men - Pàgina 74per William George Hoffman - 1923 - 300 pàginesVisualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | Lillian Watson - 1988 - 356 pàgines
...would come peace. . . . He felt the release of bitter tension as he wrote, felt strangely comforted : 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. *"How Do I Love Thee?"... | |
 | Edith P. Hazen - 1992 - 1172 pàgines
...stirred. And yet God has not said a word! (1. 59-60) AWP; BeLS; HAP; NAEL-2; OBEV; TEP; TrGrPo Prosplce 68 rim; RB; SCV; TEP; TOF; UnPo; WeW AWP; EBEV; EnLoPo;...always timorously creep Along the treach'rous shore. 6 (1. 1—8) 69 No! let me taste the whole of it, fare like my peers The heroes of old, Bear the brunt,... | |
 | Robert Browning - 1994 - 718 pàgines
...cheek, Only by Dumbness adequately speak As favoured mouth could never, through the eyes. 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 sained, The reward of it all. I was ever a fighter, so—... | |
 | Martin Gardner - 1995 - 212 pàgines
...faith in immortality can comhat a fear of dying. The poem was set to music hy CV Stafford. Prospice Fear death? — to feel the fog in my throat, The mist in my face, When the snows hegin, and the hlasts denote I am nearing the place, The power of the night, the press of the storm,... | |
 | Richard W. Bevis - 1999 - 442 pàgines
...Browning's own struggle was with the death of his wife in 1 86 1 . "Fear death?" asks the speaker (line i). Where he stands, the Arch Fear in a visible form,...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... | |
 | Jim McGuiggan - 2010 - 136 pàgines
...God would do what was right, and with that settled, he set his mind on seeing his Elizabeth again. Fear death? — to feel the fog in my throat, The mist in my face, When the snows hegin, and the blasts denote I am nearing the place, I was ever a fighter, so — one fight more, The... | |
 | Robert Browning - 2000 - 56 pàgines
...famous (and fearsome) fable that he wrote especially for a child, to "Prospice," with its unforgettable "Fear death? — to feel the fog in my throat, The...begin, and the blasts denote I am nearing the place..." These verses, containing some of the most famous phrases in the English language, will move and inspire... | |
 | Janette Turner Hospital - 2003 - 436 pàgines
...talks to her mother, Lowell sits on the sofa, Jason in his arms, and stares at the wall. Book II FOG Fear death To feel the fog in my throat, the mist in my face. . . . —ROBERT BROWNING 1, SALAMANDER I spy. With my manifold eye. This is Salamander's morning canticle.... | |
 | Northrop Frye - 2006 - 561 pàgines
...one-ly Shake-scene in a countrey." 16 Robert Browning's poem Prospice speaks of the imminence of death: I am nearing the place, The power of the night, 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. (11. 4-12) 17 The second... | |
 | Ben Bova - 2006 - 340 pàgines
...tried to blank out their yammering, demanding, terrified screams. "Fear death?" he quoted Browning: "To feel the fog in my throat, The mist in my face,...the blasts denote I am nearing the place . . . The post of the foe; Where he stands, the Arch Fear in a visible form, Yet the strong man must go . . ."... | |
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