It's wiser being good than bad; It's safer being meek than fierce : It's fitter being sane than mad. My own hope is, a sun will pierce The thickest cloud earth ever stretched ; That, after Last, returns the First, Though a wide compass round be fetched... War and World Government - Página 223por Frank Crane - 1915 - 250 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| 1867 - 396 páginas
...Browning, in his "Apparent Failure," expresses his belief that the failure is not irretrievable— " My own hope is, a sun will pierce The thickest cloud earth ever stretched ; That after Last returns the First, Though a wide compass round be fetched; That what began the best,... | |
| Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool - 1896 - 496 páginas
...passion-driven blackguard. Not a very interesting trio ! but upon them is based the conclusion — It's wiser being good than bad ; It's safer being...will pierce The thickest cloud earth ever stretched ; That after Last returns the First, Though a wide compass round be fetched ; That what began best,... | |
| Robert Browning - 1864 - 266 páginas
...couch and one clear nice Cool squirt of water o'er your bust, The right thing to extinguish lust! 7. It's wiser being good than bad; It's safer being meek...will pierce The thickest cloud earth ever stretched ; That, after Last, returns the First, Though a wide compass round be fetched; EPILOGUE. EPILOGUE.... | |
| Robert Browning - 1864 - 300 páginas
...to extinguish lust ! 7. It 'a wiser being good than bad ; It 's safer being meek than fierce : It 's fitter being sane than mad. My own hope is, a sun...will pierce The thickest cloud earth ever stretched ; That, after Last, returns the First, Though a wide compass round be fetched ; That what began best,... | |
| Robert Browning - 1864 - 270 páginas
...to extinguish lust ! 7. It 's wiser being good than bad ; It 's safer being meek than fierce : It 's fitter being sane than mad. My own hope is, .a sun...will pierce The thickest cloud earth ever stretched ; That, after Last, returns the First, Though a wide compass round be fetched ; That what began best,... | |
| Robert Browning - 1864 - 276 páginas
...to extinguish lust ! 7. It 's wiser being good than bad ; It 's safer being meek than fierce : It 's fitter being sane than mad. My own hope is, a sun...will pierce The thickest cloud earth ever stretched ; That, after Last, returns the First, Though a wide compass round be fetched ; That what began best,... | |
| 1901 - 834 páginas
...so are our days. Amid shattering of our dearest desires, we ever echo the words of the poet: — " My own hope is, a sun will pierce The thickest cloud earth ever stretched ; That, after Last, returns the First, Though a wide compass round be fetched; That what began best,... | |
| 1865 - 550 páginas
...whole, he stands calmly watching the world sweep by without a wish to guide or change its course. " It's wiser being good than bad, It's safer being meek than fierce, It's fitter being sane than mad." i There is the beginning and end of bis teaching ; while Euripides is wholly eaten np by the question,... | |
| 1865 - 550 páginas
...whole, he stands calmly watching the world sweep by without a wish to guide or change its course. " It's wiser being good than bad, It's safer being meek than fierce, It's fitter being sane than mad."i There is the beginning and end of his teaching ; while Euripides is wholly eaten up by the question,... | |
| 1867 - 590 páginas
...each, utters his trust that all is not over, his belief that the failure is not irretrievable : — " My own hope is, a sun will pierce The thickest cloud earth ever stretched ; That after Last, returns the First, * Though a wide compass round be fetched ; That what began best,... | |
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