Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO A REPUBLICAN FRIEND, 1848, CONTINUED, by MATTHEW ARNOLD Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Yet, when I muse on what life is, I seem Last Line: Shall be left standing face to face with god. Subject(s): France; Pessimism | ||||||||
Yet, when I muse on what life is, I seem Rather to patience prompted, than that proud Prospect of hope which France proclaims so loud -- France, famed in all great arts, in none supreme; Seeing this vale, this earth, whereon we dream, Is on all sides o'ershadowed by the high Uno'erleaped Mountains of Necessity, Sparing us narrower margin than we deem. Nor will that day dawn at a human nod, When, bursting through the network superposed By selfish occupation -- plot and plan, Lust, avarice, envy -- liberated man, All difference with his fellow-mortal closed, Shall be left standing face to face with God. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE PESSIMIST by BENJAMIN FRANKLIN KING PESSIMIST AND OPTIMIST by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH A SERIOUS REFLECTION ON HUMAN LIFE, SELECTION by HENRY BAKER THE OPTIMIST AND THE PESSIMIST; A DIALOGUE by GEORGE BARLOW (1847-1913) THE PESSIMIST by LOUISA SARAH BEVINGTON REALSIM by VERA WARDNER DOUGAN |
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