 Was the trial sore ? Temptation sharp ? Thank God a second time ! Why comes temptation but for man to meet •' And master and make crouch beneath his foot, And so be pedestaled in triumph ? Pray " Lead us into no such temptations, Lord...  The Edinburgh Review - Page 1801869Full view - About this book
 | Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool - 1898 - 248 pages
...old man professes an absolute belief. Or should there have been any passing temptation, what then? "Why comes temptation but for man to meet and master,...beneath his foot, and so be pedestalled in triumph?" And so he concludes, " Work, be unhappy, but bear life my son." At the close the keen old man draws... | |
 | 1902 - 902 pages
...the fight bflgins within himself A man 's worth something," and substitute for his usual nightcap, " Why comes temptation but for man to meet, And master and make crouch beneath his foot, And so be pedestaled in triumph ? " he might at first find such a sudden influx of red blood into his veins a... | |
 | Robert Browning - 1869 - 368 pages
...perchance, Might the surprise and fear release too much The perfect beauty of the body and soul n8o Thou savedst in thy passion for God's sake, He who...meet And master and make crouch beneath his foot, 1185 And so be pedestalled in triumph ? Pray " Lead us into no such temptations, Lord ! " Yea, but,... | |
 | Robert Browning - 1872 - 248 pages
...hides Immensity of sweetness, — so, perchance, Might the surprise and fear release too much 1180 The perfect beauty of the body and soul Thou savedst...second time ! Why comes temptation but for man to meet 1 185 And master and make crouch beneath his foot,' And so be pedestalled in triumph ? Pray " Lead... | |
 | Rhoda Broughton - 1877 - 234 pages
.... . . . Was the trial sore ? Temptation sharp 1 Thank God ! a second time Why comes temptation tut for man to meet And master and make crouch beneath his foot, And so be pedestaled in triumph ? " The Ring and tht Book. JOAN'S return is now a three-days-old event. She is... | |
 | Association for the Advancement of Women - 1877 - 404 pages
...strong in his wrestle with it. " Upon men's own account must evil stay." And of temptation ; " It is for man to meet and master, and make crouch beneath his foot, and so he pedestalled in triumph." And of doubt ; it is the forerunner of belief, itself transitory. " You... | |
 | 1926 - 682 pages
...When the fight begins within himself A man's worth something, and substitute for his usual nightcap, Why comes temptation but for man to meet, And master and make crouch beneath his foot, And so be pedestaled in triumph? he might learn to welcome the joy and the strength of the new elixir of life."... | |
 | Robert Browning - 1881 - 1006 pages
...God will pray not to be spared the battle, but to be vouchsafed the occasion of victory .... ' . . . was the trial sore ? Temptation sharp ? Thank God...beneath his foot, And so be pedestalled in triumph 7 Pray " Lead us into no such temptations. Lord ! " Yea, but, 0 Thou whose servants are the bold, Lead... | |
 | Browning Society (London, England) - 1881 - 610 pages
...God will pray not to be spared the battle, but to be vouchsafed the occasion of victory .... ' . . . was the trial sore ? Temptation sharp ? Thank God...master, and make crouch beneath his foot, And so be pcdestallcd in triumph 1 Pray " Lead us into no such temptations, Lord ! " Yea, but, 0 Thou whose servants... | |
 | 1882 - 70 pages
...God will pray not to be spared the battle, but to be vouchsafed the occasion of victory .... ' . . . was the trial sore ? Temptation sharp ? Thank God...And master, and make crouch beneath his foot, And so he pedestalled in triumph ? Pray " Lead us into no such temptations, Lord ! " Yea, but, 0 Thou whose... | |
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