John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
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| Matthew Arnold. (1822–1888) (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 Emerson’s Essays. |