Matthew Arnold

The East bow'd low before the blast,
In patient, deep disdain.
She let the legions thunder past,
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The East bow'd low before the blast,
In patient, deep disdain.
She let the legions thunder past,
And plunged in thought again.

All the biblical miracles will at last disappear with the progress of science.

All the biblical miracles will at last disappear with the progress of science.

Six years--six little years--six drops of time.

Six years--six little years--six drops of time.

The pursuit of perfection, then, is the pursuit of sweetness and light.

The pursuit of perfection, then, is the pursuit of sweetness and light.

God's Wisdom and God's Goodness!--Ah, but fools
Mis-define thee, till God knows them no more.
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God's Wisdom and God's Goodness!--Ah, but fools
Mis-define thee, till God knows them no more.
Wisdom and goodness they are God!--what schools
Have yet so much as heard this simpler lore.
This no Saint preaches, and this no Church rules:
'Tis in the desert, now and heretofore.