1/15 CHAPTER VIII. Had we no hope Indeed beyond the zenith and the slope Of yon gray blank sky, we might grow faint To muse upon eternity's constraint Round our aspirant souls; but since the scope Must widen early, is it well to droop, For a few days consumed in loss and taint ?" -- MRS. BROWNING. A woman came to him bent almost double, and went away straight. The human form is made for erectness. |