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Written In Emersons Essays

By Matthew Arnold

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O monstrous, dead, unprofitable world,     That thou canst hear, and hearing, hold thy way.     A voice oracular hath peald to-day,     To-day a heros banner is unfurld.     Hast thou no lip for welcome? So I said.     Man after man, the world smild and passd by:     A smile of wistful incredulity     As though one spike of noise unto the dead:     Scornful, and strange, and sorrowful; and full     Of bitter knowledge. Yet the Will is free:     Strong is the Soul, and wise, and beautiful:     The seeds of godlike power are in us still:     Gods are we, Bards, Saints, Heroes, if we will.     Dumb judges, answer, truth or mockery

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About Matthew Arnold

Matthew Arnold (1822–1888) was an English poet and critic whose poems "Dover Beach" and "The Scholar Gipsy" explore Victorian doubt and the search for meaning. His critical work "Culture and Anarchy" (1869) remains influential in literary and cultural studies.

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