John Bartlett (18201905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
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Matthew Arnold. (18221888) (continued)
7485 This strange disease of modern life.
The Scholar Gypsy.
7486 Ennobling this dull pomp, the life of kings, By contemplation of diviner things.
Mycerinus.
7487 Yet they, believe me, who await No gifts from chance, have conquered Fate.
Resignation.
7488 Let the long contention cease! Geese are swans and swans are geese!
The last Word.
7489 The same heart beats in every human breast.
The buried Life.
7490 To thee only God granted A heart ever new: To all always open; To all always true.
Switzerland. Parting.
7491 Radiant with ardour divine! Beacons of Hope ye appear! Languor is not in your heart, Weakness is not in your word, Weariness not on your brow.
Rugby Chapel.
7492 Peace, peace is what I seek and public calm, Endless extinction of unhappy hates.
Merope.
7493 With women the heart argues, not the mind.
Merope.
7494 We do not what we ought, What we ought not, we do, And lean upon the thought That Chance will bring us through.
Empedocles on Etna.
7495 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!
Written in Emersons Essays.