Nature
Isolation
From The Oxford Book of Victorian Verse (1912)
Nature
Where are the great, whom thou wouldst wish to
praise thee?
Where are the pure, whom thou wouldst choose to love
thee?
Where are the brave, to stand supreme above thee,
Whose high commands would cheer, whose chiding raise
thee?
Seek, seeker, in thyself; submit to find
In the stones, bread, and life in the blank mind.
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Clough, Arthur Hugh. “Isolation.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/clough/93/.
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Clough, Arthur Hugh. “Isolation.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/clough/93/.
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