Matthew Arnold (1822–88). The Poems of Matthew Arnold, 1840–1867. 1909.
Empedocles on Etna, and Other PoemsLonging
[First published 1852. Reprinted 1855.]
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By day I shall be well again.
For then the night will more than pay
The hopeless longing of the day.
A messenger from radiant climes,
And smile on thy new world; and be
As kind to others as to me.
Come now, and let me dream it truth.
And part my hair, and kiss my brow,
And say—My love! why sufferest thou?
By day I shall be well again.
For then the night will more than pay
The hopeless longing of the day.