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Poem by Matthew Arnold Written in Butler’s Sermons Affections, Instincts, Principles, and Powers, Impulse and Reason, Freedom and Control,-- So men, unravelling God’s harmonious whole, Rend in a thousand shreds this life of ours. Vain labor! Deep and broad, where none may see, Spring the foundations of that shadowy throne Where man’s one nature, queen-like, sits alone, Centred in a majestic unity; And rays her powers, like sister-islands seen Linking their coral arms under the sea, Or clustered peaks with plunging gulfs between, Spanned by aërial arches all of gold, Whereo’er the chariot-wheels of life are rolled In cloudy circles to eternity. Matthew Arnold Matthew Arnold's other poems: 1273 Views |
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