| Matthew Arnold (1822–88). The Poems of Matthew Arnold, 1840–1867. 1909. | | | | Empedocles on Etna, and Other Poems | | The Lake |
| | [First published 1852. Reprinted 1853, ’54, ’57.]
AGAIN 1 I see my bliss at hand; | |
| The town, the lake are here. | |
| My Marguerite smiles upon the strand | |
| Unalter’d with the year. | |
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| I know that graceful figure fair, | 5 |
| That cheek of languid hue; | |
| I know that soft enkerchief’d hair, | |
| And those sweet eyes of blue. | |
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| Again I spring to make my choice; | |
| Again in tones of ire | 10 |
| I hear a God’s tremendous voice— | |
| ‘Be counsell’d, and retire!’ | |
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| Ye guiding Powers, who join and part, | |
| What would ye have with me? | |
| Ah, warn some more ambitious heart, | 15 |
| And let the peaceful be! | |
| | | Note 1. The Lake Title] Switzerland. II. The Lake 1853, 1854, 1857. [back] | | |
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