 Truth is within ourselves ; it takes no rise From outward things, whate'er you may believe. There is an inmost centre in us all, Where truth abides in fulness ; and around, Wall upon wall, the gross flesh hems it in, This perfect, clear perception—...  The Poetical Works of Robert Browning - Page 71by Robert Browning - 1882 - 1184 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Robert Browning - 1835 - 234 pages
...and I neglect, The labours and the precepts of old sages, I have not slightly disesteem'd. But then Truth is within ourselves ; it takes no rise From...all, Where truth abides in fulness; and around, Wall within wall, the gross flesh hems it in, Perfect and true perception — which is truth ; A baffling... | |
 | 1836 - 808 pages
...help from the lore and pre^, cepts of old sages, since " Troth is within ourselves ; it takes no i* rise From outward things, whate'er you may believe : There is an inmost centre in us all, Where troth abides in fulness: and And you shall tract the nfHuenco to its spring And source within us, where... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Michael Henry Rankin - 1841 - 266 pages
...author, having found out truth, will not object to its spread in all directions. " Truth is u,ithin. ourselves: it takes no rise From outward things, whate'er...an inmost centre in us all, Where Truth abides in fullness; and, around, Wall within wall, the gross flesh hems it in; Perfect and true Perception—which... | |
 | Richard H. Horne - Authors, English - 1844 - 358 pages
...destiny. He searches at home and abroad ; but, chief of all, he searches within himself, believing that there is " an inmost centre in us all, where truth abides in fulness ;" and that to know, " Rather consists in opening out a way Whence the imprisoned splendour may dart forth,... | |
 | Robert Browning - 1850 - 406 pages
...I neglect, The labours and the precepts of old time, l have not slightly disesteemed. But, friends, Truth is within ourselves ; it takes no rise From...wall, the gross flesh hems it in, This perfect, clear perception — which is truth ; A baffling and perverting carnal mesh Blinds it, and makes all error... | |
 | Religion - 1852 - 302 pages
...and dreamer. The following passage is not over poetically expressed, but philosophically true : — " Truth is within ourselves ; it takes no rise From...: There is an inmost centre in us all Where truth ahides in fullness ; and around Wall upon wall the gross flesh hems it in, This perfect clear perception... | |
 | Great Britain - 1856 - 600 pages
...thinking, in which the fundamental principle is, to use the language of Browning's " Paracelsus " — " Truth is within ourselves ; it takes no rise From...outward things; whate'er you may believe, There is an iumost centre in us all, Where truth abides in fullness, and around, Wall within wall, the gross flesh... | |
 | 1860 - 444 pages
...old as nature and as thought, though the generative conjunction of both had not as yet taken place. "Truth is within ourselves; it takes no rise From...inmost centre in us all, Where truth abides in fulness. Watch narrowly The demonstration of a truth, its birth, And you will trace the effluence to its spring... | |
 | Andrew Jackson Davis - Spiritualism - 1861 - 444 pages
...said righteously : — " Truth is within ourselves ; it takes no rise From outward things, whatever you may believe. There is an inmost centre in us all, Where Truth abides in fullness ; and around Wall upon wall the gross flesh hems it in, This perfect clear perception —... | |
 | Robert Browning - 1863 - 430 pages
...I neglect, The labours and the precepts of old time, I have not slightly disesteemed. But, friends, Truth is within ourselves ; it takes no rise From...wall, the gross flesh hems it in, This perfect, clear perception, which is truth ; A baffling and perverting carnal mesh Blinds it, and makes all error:... | |
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