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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
EAST AND WEST, by MATTHEW ARNOLD Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: In the bare midst of anglesey they show
Last Line: He of the mystic east is touch'd with night.
First Line: In the bare midst of anglesey they show
Last Line: He of the mystic east is touch'd with night.
IN the bare midst of Anglesey they show
Two springs which close by one another play,
And, 'Thirteen hundred years agone,' they say,
'Two saints met often where those waters flow.
'One came from Penmon, westward, and a glow
'Whiten'd his face from the sun's fronting ray.
'Eastward the other, from the dying day;
'And he with unsunn'd face did always go.'
Seiriol the Bright, Kybi the Dark, men said.
The Seer from the East was then in light,
The Seer from the West was then in shade.
Ah! now'tis changed. In conquering sunshine bright
The man of the bold West now comes array'd;
He of the mystic East is touch'd with night.
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