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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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Cruel, but composed and bland,
Dumb, inscrutable and grand,
So Tiberius might have sat,
Had Tiberius been a cat. – Matthew Arnold

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Poetry is simply the most beautiful, impressive, and widely effective mode of saying things. – Matthew Arnold

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