Yes: in the sea of life enisl'd, With echoing straits betwe… - Matthew Arnold

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Yes: in the sea of life enisl'd,
With echoing straits between us thrown,
Dotting the shoreless watery wild,
We mortal millions live alone.

Matthew Arnold

Empedocles On Etna And Other Poems · December 8, 2005 Verified in 1 source Sign up to see the complete provenance

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Matthew Arnold (December 24 1822 – April 15 1888) was an English poet, essayist and cultural critic. He also pursued a career as an inspector of schools.

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We cannot kindle when we will The fire that in the heart resides, The spirit bloweth and is still, In mystery our soul abides; — But tasks, in hours of insight willed, Can be through hours of gloom fulfilled.

Poetry is simply the most beautiful, impressive and wisely effective mode of saying things, and hence its importance.

The free thinking of one age is the common sense of the next.

Yes: in the sea of life enisl'd, With echoing straits between us thrown, Dotting the shoreless watery wild, We mortal millions live <i>alone</i>. - Matthew Arnold

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