...the development of character ; so that, like Rabbi Ben Ezra, we may " welcome each rebuff That turns earth's smoothness rough, Each sting that bids nor sit nor stand but go." It is best, however, when such a rebuff comes to us in the ordinary course of nature. When it is consciously...

...of God Who gives, than of his tribes that take, I must believe. Then welcome each rebuff That turns earth's smoothness rough, Each sting that bids nor...three-parts pain ! Strive, and hold cheap the strain ; Learn, nor account the pang ; dare, never grudge the throe ! For thence, — a paradox Which comforts...

...souls, with their craving "to go on and not die " while striving after moral harmony and perfection. " For thence — a paradox Which comforts while it mocks — Shall life succeed in that it seems to fail ; 1 In Memoriam, xxxvi. VOL. XXL— No. 3. 20 What I aspired to be, And was not, comforts me ; A brute...

...and a better man. As Robert Browning wrote in Rabbi ben Ezra: "Then welcome each rebuff That turns earth's smoothness rough, Each sting that bids nor sit nor stand but go! Be our joy three-parts pain! Strive and hold cheap the strain; Learn, nor account the pang; dare, never grudge...

...in the living, the optimist's glory in the consuming struggle: Then, welcome each rebuff That turns earth's smoothness rough, Each sting that bids nor...three-parts pain! Strive, and hold cheap the strain; Learn, nor account the pang; dare, never grudge the throel For thence — a paradox Which comforts...

...delivered from all fear and from all sorrow. Black and White and Read All Over: The Ambiguities of Comedy For thence, — a paradox Which comforts while it...mocks, — Shall life succeed in that it seems to fail. Robert Browning. Rabbi Ben Ezra I found my parents' friends at the Hotel de Paris in the Cantonment....

...strength, and out of youth's pain come wisdom and understanding. Then welcome each rebuff That turns earth's smoothness rough, Each sting that bids nor...three-parts pain! Strive, and hold cheap the strain; Learn, nor account the pang; dare, never grudge the throe! Live and learn, he advises the young man....

...feed On joy, to solely seek and find and feast: (1. 19—21) 73 Then, welcome each rebuff That turns mer beauty hath such grace (Elegies) 42 71 POETRY QUOTATIONS 74 Shall life succeed in that it seems to fail: What I aspired to be, And was...

...Mine be some figured flame which blends, transcends them all!' VJ Then, welcome each rebuff That turns earth's smoothness rough, Each sting that bids nor sit nor stand but gol Be our joys three-parts pain! Strive, and hold cheap the strain; I earn, nor account the pang;...

...reciting a stanza from Robert Browning's Rabbi Ben Ezra: Then welcome each rebuff That turns earths smoothness rough, Each sting that bids nor sit nor...three-parts pain! Strive, and hold cheap the strain; Learn, nor account the pang; dare, never grudge the throe! For anyone trying to present to students...