| Matthew Arnold (1822–88). The Poems of Matthew Arnold, 1840–1867. 1909. | | | | New Poems, 1867 | | Pis-Aller |
| | [First published 1867.]
‘MAN is blind because of sin; | |
| ‘Revelation makes him sure. | |
| ‘Without that, who looks within, | |
| ‘Looks in vain, for all’s obscure.’ | |
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| Nay, look closer into man! | 5 |
| Tell me, can you find indeed | |
| Nothing sure, no moral plan | |
| Clear prescribed, without your creed? | |
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| ‘No, I nothing can perceive; | |
| ‘Without that, all’s dark for men. | 10 |
| ‘That, or nothing, I believe.’— | |
| For God’s sake, believe it then! | | | | |
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