 No, thou art come too late, Empedocles! And the world hath the day, and must break thee, Not thou the world. With men thou canst not live, Their thoughts, their ways, their wishes, are not thine; And being lonely thou art miserable, For something has...  Poems. New and complete ed - Page 157by Matthew Arnold - 1885Full view - About this book
 | Matthew Arnold - 1867 - 226 pages
...reach, And for whose hurt courage is not the cure, — What should I do with life and living more ? No, thou art come too late, Empedocles! And the world...being lonely thou art miserable, For something has impaired thy spirit's strength, And dried its self-sufficing fount of joy. Thou canst not live with... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1869 - 286 pages
...reach, And for whose hurt courage is not the cure — What should I do with life and living more ? No, thou art come too late, Empedocles! And the world...Thou canst not live with men nor with thyself—• Oh sage ! oh sage !—Take then the one way left; And turn thee to the elements, thy friends, Thy well-tried... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1878 - 396 pages
...not the cure— What should I do with life and living more? No, thou art come too late, Empedoclesl And the world hath the day, and must break thee, Not...lonely thou art miserable, For something has impair'd thr spirit's strength, Ax.d dried its se^f-ssScing Jount of joy. TLou canst IKK live w->ii men nor... | |
 | 1885 - 478 pages
...known, the truth, even as Empedocles did, and yet died because " he was come too late," or too soon, " and the world hath the day, and must break thee, not thou the world." Gordon won his resignation, and knew, or almost knew, the truth. The " criticism of life " that we... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1884 - 396 pages
...not the cure — What should I do with life and living more? No, thou art come too late, Empedoclesl And the world hath the day, and must break thee. Not...are not thine ; And being lonely thou art miserable, ;FoT something has impair'd thy spirit's strength, And dried its self-sufficing fount of joy. Thou... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1883 - 352 pages
...reach, And for whose hurt courage is not the cure — What should I do with life and living more ? No, thou art come too late, Empedocles ! And the world...has impair'd thy spirit's strength, And dried its self -sufficing fount of joy. Thou canst not live with men nor with thyself — O sage ! O sage ! —... | |
 | 1883 - 528 pages
...can reach, And for whose hurt courage is not the cure — What should I do with life and living more? No, thou art come too late, Empedocles ! And the world...being lonely thou art miserable, For something has impaired thy spirit's strength, And dried its self-sufficing fount of joy. Thou canst not live with... | |
 | Caroline Fothergill - 1883 - 248 pages
...since and lost erewhile," and which said — " My wife ! " " Oswald ! " she answered. CHAPTER X. " With men thou canst not live : Their thoughts, their...are not thine, And, being lonely, thou art miserable ; ***** Thou canst not live with men, nor with thyself." IT was about three weeks after Margaret had... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1896 - 380 pages
...reach, And for whose hurt courage is not the cure — What should I do with life and living more ? No, thou art come too late, Empedocles ! And the world...strength, And dried its self-sufficing fount of joy. 139 Thou canst not live with men nor with thyself — Oh sage ! oh sage ! — Take then the one way... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1897 - 546 pages
...reach, And for whose hurt courage is not the cure, — What should I do with life and living more ? No, thou art come too late, Empedocles ! And the world...being lonely thou art miserable ; For something has impaired thy spirit's strength, And dried its self-sufficing fount of joy. Thou canst not live with... | |
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