 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 psl.
...And the barriers fall, Though a battle 'a to fight ere the guerdon be gained, The reward of it all. 1 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... | |
 | 1884 - 324 psl.
...Tories. My advice is, reject the Bill over and over again ! Lord R-nd-lph Ch-rch-ll. Right you are ! " I was ever a fighter, so one fight more, The best and the last ! "—as BROWNING writes. I say, am I to be Home Secretary, or what ? And keep a place for poor old... | |
 | 1910 - 862 psl.
...unbecoming but ridiculous. With the proper approach to Death his sting, if he have one, may be drawn: — I was ever a fighter, so — one fight more. The best and the last! I would hate that death bandaged my eyes, and forebore. And bade me creep past. No! let me taste the... | |
 | 1902 - 902 psl.
...in my case more bravado than pluck, but which at any rate knows how to appreciate pluck in others. " I was ever a fighter, so — one fight more The best and the last I " struck a chord that went thrilling on until the quick transition at the end of the poem, when "... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1913 - 872 psl.
...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... | |
 | Robert Browning - 1864 - 276 psl.
...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... | |
 | Robert Browning - 1864 - 270 psl.
...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... | |
 | Robert Browning - 1864 - 298 psl.
...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. K No ! let me taste... | |
 | Sir John Skelton - 1865 - 398 psl.
...Isabel died in the night. Then the poetical extracts closed with this from Robert Browning's Prospice : 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... | |
 | 1865 - 826 psl.
...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... | |
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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. 
