Quotes From "The Poetical Works Of Matthew Arnold" By Matthew Arnold

Up the still, glistening beaches, Up the creeks we will hie, Over banks of bright seaweed The ebb-tide leaves dry. We will gaze, from the sand-hills, At the white, sleeping town; At the church on the hill-side– And then come back down. Singing: "There dwells a loved one, But cruel is she! She left lonely for ever The kings of the sea.(from poem 'The Forsaken Merman') Matthew Arnold

For rigorous teachers seized my youth, And purged its faith, and trimmed its fire, Showed me the high, white star of Truth, There bade me gaze, and there aspire. Even now their whispers pierce the gloom' What dost thou in this living tomb? Matthew Arnold