...cheap the strain ; Learn, nor account the pang; dare, never grudge the throe! VII. For thence, — a paradox Which comforts while it mocks, — Shall life...succeed in that it seems to fail ; What I aspired to be, 40 And was not, comforts me : A brute I might have been, but would not sink i' the scale. vin. What...

...aim is where Christ sitteth at the right hand of God. Browning is often very fine. He says : — " What I aspired to be, and was not, comforts me ; A brute I might have been, but would not sink the scale." If I may venture to advise you, let me pray you not to dwell too much on the failure to...

...strain ; Learn, nor account the pang ; dare, never grudge the throe! VII. For thence, — a parado_x Which comforts while it mocks, — Shall life succeed in that it seems to fail : What I aspired to be, 40 And was not, comforts me : A brute I might have been, but w.ould not sink i' the scale. VIII. What...

...hold cheap the strain ; Learn, nor account the pang ; dare, never grudge the throe ! For thence, — a paradox Which comforts while it mocks, — Shall life...might have been, but would not sink i' the scale. What is he but a brute Whose flesh has soul to suit, Whose spirit works lest arms and legs want play...

...be, 4° And was not, comforts me ; A brute I might have been, but would not sink i' the scale. VIII. What is he but a brute Whose flesh hath soul to suit, Whose spirit works lest arms and legs want play ? 45 To man, propose this test — Thy body at its best, How far can that project thy soul on its lone...

...shall succeed just where, j«- gppmgjvi fail. Browning's teaching on Failure is here brought out. I " What I aspired to be, And was not, comforts me. A brute I might have been, but would not sink in the scale." The very reaching urj to heights that one has failedjtgjeach_jifts. us beyond the. jrner£_...

...hold cheap the strain ; Learn, nor account the pang ; dare, never grudge the throe ! For thence, — a paradox Which comforts while it mocks, — Shall life succeed in that it seems to fail : 40 What I aspired to be, And was not, comforts me : A brute I might have been, but would not sink...

...in whom the deep forces of instinctive skepticism play ; for such, Browning has written : " What 1 aspired to be, And was not, comforts me ; A brute...might have been, but would not sink i' the scale." Nor would Tennyson in the attitude of philosopher delight the truly philosophic soul which finds it...

...the strain ; Learn, nor account the pang ; dare, never grudge the throe ! What I aspired to be, 40 And was not, comforts me : A brute I might have been, but would not sink i' the scale. vIII. What is he but a brute Whose flesh has soul to suit, Whose spirit works lest arms and legs want...

...hold cheap the strain ; Learn, nor account the pang ; dare, never grudge the throe ! For thence, — a paradox Which comforts while it mocks, — Shall life succeed in that it seems to fail : (3) What I aspired to be, And was not, comforts me : A brute I might have been, but would not sink...