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1822–1888

EPILOGUE

Matthew Arnold

So I sang; but the Muse, Shaking her head, took the harp — Stern interrupted my strain, Angrily smote on the chords.

April showers Rush o'er the Yorkshire moors. Stormy, through driving mist, Loom the blurr'd hills; the rain

Lashes the newly-made grave. Unquiet souls! — In the dark fermentation of earth, In the never idle workshop of nature,

In the eternal movement, Ye shall find yourselves again!

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