Matthew Arnold (Matthew) was an English Victorian Era poet and critic. He was educated at Winchester, Rugby, and Oxford, where he won the Newdigate prize. In 1857 he was elected Professor of Poetry at Oxford. Mr. Arnold has a lucid style and is abreast of the thought of his age. He may be said in his own words to wander "between two worlds, one dead, the other powerless to be born."
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Strew on her roses, roses, And never a spray of yew! In quiet she reposes; Ah, would that I did too! Go to Quote / Comment
This strange disease of modern life, with its sick hurry, its divided aims. Go to Quote / Comment
The pursuit of perfection, then, is the pursuit of sweetness and light. Go to Quote / Comment
It is not always by plugging away at a difficulty and sticking at it that one overcomes it but, rather, often by working on the one next to it. Certain people and certain things require to be approached on an angle. Go to Quote / Comment
But—if you cannot give us ease— Last of the race of them who grieve... Go to Quote / Comment