Why comes temptation, but for man to meet
And master and make crouch beneath his foot,
And so be pedestaled in triumph?


Book X : The Pope, line 1185. - The Ring and the Book (1868-69)

Robert Browning Quotes

Why comes temptation, but for man to meet And master and make crouch beneath his foot, And so be pedestaled in triumph?

Why comes temptation, but for man to meet And master and make crouch beneath his foot, And so be pedestaled in triumph?

Why comes temptation, but for man to meet And master and make crouch beneath his foot, And so be pedestaled in triumph?

Why comes temptation, but for man to meet And master and make crouch beneath his foot, And so be pedestaled in triumph?