Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ON A READING OF MATTHEW ARNOLD, by VICTOR GUSTAVE PLARR Poet's Biography First Line: Arnold is dead, and everyone forgets Last Line: Not chiefly good in this bœotian age?' Subject(s): Arnold, Matthew (1822-1888); Poetry & Poets; Praise | ||||||||
Arnold is dead, and everyone forgets His gracious doctrine, his hellenic creed, His faith in light and sweetness. 'Tis indeed So easy to repudiate our debts Of heart and brain! When what one most regrets Is stint of love, and ease, and wealth, who need Go wail for culture? 'Tis a colourless weed Which no one in his table nosegay sets. Yet, great Oxonian, it were meet and fit Could we but halt upon our daily stage Of petty duty, dull mechanic task, To meditate thy theme and hear thee ask, 'Is conduct all? Are grace, and light, and wit, Not chiefly good in this Bœotian age?' | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...PRAISE PREMATURE by SAMUEL BISHOP ON GIFTS FOR GRACE by BERNADETTE MAYER AFTERTHOUGHTS OF DONNA ELVIRA by CAROLYN KIZER OUR DEATHLESS DEAD by EDWIN MARKHAM SIR JOHN CHIVERTON: DEDICATORY STANZAS. by WILLIAM HARRISON AINSWORTH A BOOK OF AIRS: SONG 12. A RENUNCIATION by THOMAS CAMPION TO MY HONORED FRIEND SIR ROBERT HOWARD by JOHN DRYDEN PRAISE OF LITTLE WOMEN by JUAN RUIZ EPITAPHIUM CITHARISTRIAE by VICTOR GUSTAVE PLARR |
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