The body sprang
At once to the height, and stayed; but the soul,--no!
-- Robert Browning (1812-1890)
-- A Death in the Desert
At once to the height, and stayed; but the soul,--no!
-- Robert Browning (1812-1890)
-- A Death in the Desert
Related:
- The ultimate, angels' law,
Indulging every instinct of the soul
There where law,
life, joy, impulse are one thing! -- Robert Browning... - Progress, man's distinctive mark alone,
Not God's, and not the beasts:
God is, they are; Man partly is, and wholly hopes to... - For life, with all it yields of joy and woe,
And hope and fear (believe the aged friend),
Is just our chance o' the prize of learning love,-... - For I say this is death and the sole death,--
When a man's loss comes to him from his gain,
Darkness from light, from knowledge ignorance, And... - What? Was man made a wheel-work to wind up,
And be discharged,
and straight wound up anew? No! grown, his growth lasts... - Just my vengeance complete,
The man sprang to his feet,
Stood erect, caught at God's skirts, and prayed! So... - Earth changes, but thy soul and God stand sure.
--
Robert Browning (1812-1890) -- Rabbi Ben... - I count life just a stuff
To try the soul's strength on.
Robert Browning (1812-1890) -- In a... - This could but have happened once,--
And we missed it,
lost it forever. -- Robert Browning (1812-1890) ...
From the same category:
- LaForge: "Data, why are you laughing?"
Data: "I do not know.
But it was a wonderful...feeling." -- "Deja Q", Stardate... - The sun never sets on those who ride into it
--... - Aim for the stars and maybe you'll reach
the sky... - Q: How do cats decide when to jump suddenly up from where they were
sitting comfortably curled up and dash madly around the room,
knocking over everything they encounter? A: Fuzzy logic... - I'm looking for lust in all the wrong
places...
