I was ever a fighter, so-one fight more, The best and the last! I would hate that death bandaged my eyes paid forbore

I was ever a fighter, so-one fight more, The best and the last! I would hate that death bandaged my eyes paid forbore, And bade me creep past.

Context: These lines are taken from Prospice by Robert Browning.

Explanation: The poet says that death cannot treat him as a coward. He does not want any mercy at the hands of death. He will face death like a bold man and not like a coward.

The poet says that throughout his life he has struggled with the numerous odds and difficulties of life. He has been a fighter in his life.

He will gladly fight the last battle of his life with death. This battle against death would be the final battle of his life. 

It will also be the best battle because soon after death he will reach the kingdom of God and meet his beloved wife.

Earthly life is completed by our going to Heaven where all the broken areas” are made into ‘perfect rounds’ The same idea is conveyed here in these lines in a somewhat different way.

Browning says that even the heroes of antiquity had to face death and fight it bravely. We ordinary people should derive inspiration from them and be prepared to meet death bravely and cheerfully like them.

If we do so, we can overcome it in one minute. It is like our first plunge into the cold of death water which is painful.

Thereafter it is pleasant to be in the water. Also, death squares up all human accounts.

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