In this lone, open glade I lie,Screen’d by deep boughs on either hand;And at...
Matthew Arnold
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Matthew Arnold was a prominent English poet and literary critic of the Victorian era. He was born on December 24, 1822, in Laleham, Middlesex, England, and passed away on April 15, 1888, in Liverpool. Arnold is known for his classical attacks on the contemporary tastes and manners of the “Barbarians” (the aristocracy), the “Philistines” (the commercial middle class), and the “Populace” . |
One lesson, Nature, let me learn of thee,One lesson which in every wind is...
Crouch’d on the pavement close by Belgrave SquareA tramp I saw, ill, moody, and...
How changed is here each spot man makes or fills!In the two Hinkseys nothing...
Coldly, sadly descendsThe autumn-evening. The fieldStrewn with its dank yellow driftsOf wither’d leaves, and...
Weary of myself, and sick of askingWhat I am, and what I ought to...
Even in a palace, life may be led well!So spake the imperial sage, purest...
We cannot kindle when we willThe fire which in the heart resides;The spirit bloweth...
‘Tis death! and peace, indeed, is here,And ease from shame, and rest from fear.There’s...
Light flows our war of mocking words, and yet,Behold, with tears mine eyes are...