Robert Browning Poems : Prospice

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,
Yet the strong man 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 bandaged my eyes, and forbore,
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,
And the elements' rage, the fiend-voices that rave,
Shall dwindle, shall blend,
Shall change, shall become first a peace out of pain,
Then a light, then thy breast,
O thou soul of my soul! I shall clasp thee again,
And with God be the rest! 

Submited by

Wednesday, May 4, 2011 - 02:36

Poesia Consagrada :

No votes yet

Robert Browning

Robert Browning's picture
Offline
Title: Membro
Last seen: 14 years 14 weeks ago
Joined: 04/27/2011
Posts:
Points: 192

Add comment

Login to post comments

other contents of Robert Browning

Topic Title Replies Views Last Postsort icon Language
Poesia Consagrada/Biography Robert Browning Biography 0 2.859 05/04/2011 - 02:59 English
Poesia Consagrada/General Robert Browning Poems : Youth and Art 0 1.733 05/04/2011 - 02:52 English
Poesia Consagrada/General Robert Browning Poems : A Woman's Last Word 0 1.834 05/04/2011 - 02:51 English
Poesia Consagrada/General Robert Browning Poems : Why I Am a Liberal 0 1.983 05/04/2011 - 02:50 English
Poesia Consagrada/General Robert Browning Poems : White Witchcraft 0 1.838 05/04/2011 - 02:49 English
Poesia Consagrada/General Robert Browning Poems : Which? 0 1.832 05/04/2011 - 02:48 English
Poesia Consagrada/General Robert Browning Poems : A Wall 0 1.745 05/04/2011 - 02:47 English
Poesia Consagrada/General Robert Browning Poems : Up at a Villa—Down in the City 0 2.462 05/04/2011 - 02:46 English
Poesia Consagrada/General Robert Browning Poems : Tray 0 1.954 05/04/2011 - 02:45 English
Poesia Consagrada/General Robert Browning Poems : A Toccata of Galuppi's 0 2.023 05/04/2011 - 02:44 English
Poesia Consagrada/General Robert Browning Poems : A Tale 0 1.816 05/04/2011 - 02:44 English
Poesia Consagrada/General Robert Browning Poems : Summum Bonum 0 1.963 05/04/2011 - 02:43 English
Poesia Consagrada/General Robert Browning Poems : Speculative 0 1.985 05/04/2011 - 02:42 English
Poesia Consagrada/General Robert Browning Poems : Songs From Pippa Passes 0 2.212 05/04/2011 - 02:41 English
Poesia Consagrada/General Robert Browning Poems : Rosny 0 1.710 05/04/2011 - 02:40 English
Poesia Consagrada/General Robert Browning Poems : Rabbi Ben Ezra 0 2.129 05/04/2011 - 02:39 English
Poesia Consagrada/General Robert Browning Poems : Prospice 0 2.387 05/04/2011 - 02:36 English
Poesia Consagrada/General Robert Browning Poems : A Pretty Woman 0 1.547 05/04/2011 - 02:35 English
Poesia Consagrada/General Robert Browning Poems : The Pope and the Net 0 1.821 05/04/2011 - 02:30 English
Poesia Consagrada/General Robert Browning Poems : The Pied Piper of Hamelin 0 2.264 05/04/2011 - 02:29 English
Poesia Consagrada/General Robert Browning Poems : Pheidippides 0 2.186 05/04/2011 - 02:27 English
Poesia Consagrada/General Robert Browning Poems : A Pearl, a Girl 0 1.872 05/04/2011 - 02:25 English
Poesia Consagrada/General Robert Browning Poems : The Patriot 0 1.976 05/04/2011 - 02:25 English
Poesia Consagrada/General Robert Browning Poems : Now 0 1.838 05/04/2011 - 02:24 English
Poesia Consagrada/General Robert Browning Poems : Natural Magic 0 1.768 05/04/2011 - 02:23 English