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DESPONDENCY by MATTHEW ARNOLD

Poet Analysis

First Line: THE THOUGHTS THAT RAIN THEIR STEADY GLOW
Last Line: AND NEVER COME AGAIN.
Subject(s): DESPAIR;
THE thoughts that rain their steady glow
Like stars on life's cold sea,
Which others know, or say they know--
They never shone for me.

Thoughts light, like gleams, my spirit's sky,
But they will not remain.
They light me once, they hurry by,
And never come again.



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