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Thou waitest for the spark from heaven! and we, Light half-believers in our casual deeds . . . Who hesitate and falter life away, And lose tomorrow the ground won today- Ah, do not we, Wanderer, await it too?

Matthew Arnold

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Matthew Arnold
Age: 65 †
Born: 1822
Born: December 24
Died: 1888
Died: April 15
Journalist
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Poet
School Inspector
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Writer
Laleham
Surrey
Wanderer
Heaven
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Falter
Half
Believer
Await
Away
Deeds
Wanderers
Light
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Hesitate
Today
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