Ah, what a dusty answer gets the soul When hot for certaint… - George Meredith

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Ah, what a dusty answer gets the soul
When hot for certainties in this our life! -
In tragic hints here see what evermore
Moves dark as yonder midnight ocean's force,
Thundering like ramping hosts of warrior horse,
To throw that faint thin fine upon the shore!

George Meredith

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George Meredith (12 February 1828 – 18 May 1909) was an English novelist and poet.

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