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