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Quote by Matthew Arnold
Tis not to see the worldAs from a height, with rapt prophetic

Tis not to see the world
As from a height, with rapt prophetic eyes,
And heart profoundly stirred;
And weep, and feel the fullness of the past,
The years that are not more. – Matthew Arnold

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Still bent to make some port he knows not where, still standing for some false impossible shore. – Matthew Arnold

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