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Have something to say, and say it as clearly as you can. That is the only secret.
Matthew Arnold
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Matthew Arnold
Age: 65 †
Born: 1822
Born: December 24
Died: 1888
Died: April 15
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Others abide our question. Thou art free. We ask and ask. Thou smilest and art still, Out-topping knowledge.
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Once read thy own breast right, And thou hast done with fears.
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Waiting for the spark from heaven to fall.
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If Paris that brief flight allow, My humble tomb explore! It bears: Eternity, be thou My refuge! and no more.
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Sand-strewn caverns, cool and deep, Where the winds are all asleep Where the spent lights quiver and gleam Where the salt weed sways in the stream.
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Ah! two desires toss about The poet's feverish blood One drives him to the world without, And one to solitude.
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O strong soul, by what shore Tarriest thou now? For that force, Surely, has not been left vain!
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