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Matthew Arnold
(1822-1888)

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Although remembered now for his elegantly argued critical essays, Matthew Arnold (1822-1888) began his career as a poet, winning early recognition as a student at the Rugby School where his father, Thomas Arnold, had earned national acclaim as a strict and innovative headmaster. Arnold also studied .. .. more >>

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1		A Wish
2		Apollo Musagetes
3		Bacchanalia
4		Bacchanalia or The New Age
5		Buried Life, The
6		Cadmus and Harmonia
7		Consolation
8		Dover Beach
9		East London
10		Forsaken Merman, The
11		From the Hymn of Empedocles
12		Future, The
13		Growing Old
14		Hayeswater
15		Immortality
16		Isolation: To Marguerite
17		Last Word, The
18		Lines Written in Kensington Gardens
19		Longing
20		Memorial Verses

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"Thou waitest for the spark from heaven!"
Matthew Arnold (1822-1888), British poet, critic. The Scholar-Gipsy (l. 171). . . Selected Poems and Prose [Matthew Arnold]. Allot, Miriam, ed. (1993) J.M. Dent.

"Light half-believers of our casual creeds,
Who never deeply felt, nor clearly will'd,
Whose insight never has borne fruit in deeds,
Whose vague resolves never have been fulfill'd."
Matthew Arnold (1822-1888), British poet, critic. The Scholar-Gipsy, l. 172-5 (1853).

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Daphne Grant (5/21/2007 3:06:00 PM)
The poem like Dover Beach leads me to think that something happened to embitter the poet. Therefore I feel I should read more about him.
Daphne Grant

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Matthew Arnold - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Matthew Arnold (24 December 1822 – 15 April 1888) was an English poet and cultural critic, who worked as an inspector of schools. ...
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Matthew Arnold: An Overview
Matthew Arnold [Religion] · Genre · Themes · Imagery · [Victorian Web Main Screen]
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Matthew Arnold: A Biography
Matthew Arnold "was indeed the most delightful of companions," writes G. W. E. Russell in Portraits of the Seventies; "a man of the world entirely free from ...
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Poets.org - Poetry, Poems, Bios & More - Matthew Arnold
Biographical and bibliographical information, links to related resources, and the text of "Dover Beach."
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