Courage
This verse of Browning’s from "Instans Tyrannus" appeared recently in an English newspaper. It expresses those things with which English people reassure themselves in their time of stress: So, I soberly laid my last plan To extinguish the man, Round his creep-hole, with never a break Ran my fires for his sake; Overhead did my thunder combine With my underground mine; Till I looked from my labour content To enjoy the event... Do you see? Just my vengeance complete, The man sprang to his feet, Stood erect, caught at God’s skirts, and Prayed! So 1 was afraid!
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 3, Issue 71, 1 November 1940, Page 40
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98Courage New Zealand Listener, Volume 3, Issue 71, 1 November 1940, Page 40
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