Arts & Sciences

Epilogue

by Matthew Arnold 1822–1888

From Elegiac Poems

Arts & Sciences

So I sang; but the Muse,
Shaking her head, took the harp--
Stern interrupted my strain,
Angrily smote on the chords.

April showers
Rush o'er the Yorkshire moors.
Stormy, through driving mist,
Loom the blurr'd hills; the rain
Lashes the newly-made grave.

Unquiet souls!
--In the dark fermentation of earth,
In the never idle workshop of nature,
In the eternal movement,
Ye shall find yourselves again!

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Poetical Works of Matthew Arnold (Macmillan, 1891)

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Arnold, Matthew. “Epilogue.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/arnold/104/.

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