 O life unlike to ours! Who fluctuate idly without term or scope, Of whom each strives, nor knows for what he strives, And each half lives a hundred different lives; Who wait like thee, but not, like thee, in hope. 170 Thou waitest for the spark from heaven!...  Poetical Works of Matthew Arnold - Page 280by Matthew Arnold - 1896 - 510 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Matthew Arnold - 1853 - 298 pages
...; Who wait like thee, but not, like thee, in hope. Thou waitest for the spark from Heaven : and we, Light half-believers of our casual creeds, Who never...we see Breeds new beginnings, disappointments new ; F 9 Who hesitate and falter life away, And lose to-morrow the ground won to-day — Ah, do not we,... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1856 - 348 pages
...; Who wait like thee, but not, like thee, in hope. Thou waitest for the spark from Heaven: and we, Light half-believers of our casual creeds, Who never...deeds, Whose vague resolves never have been fulfill'd ; From whom each year we see Breeds new beginnings, disappointments new ; Who hesitate and falter life... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1856 - 350 pages
...; Who wait like thee, but not, like thee, in hope. Thou waitest for the spark from Heaven : and we, Light half-believers of our casual creeds, Who never...fruit in deeds, Whose vague resolves never have been fulfill' d ; From whom each year we see Breeds new beginnings, disappointments new ; Who hesitate and... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1856 - 386 pages
...; Who wait like thee, but not, like thee, in hope. Thou waitest for the spark from Heaven : and we, Light half-believers of our casual creeds, Who never...fruit in deeds, Whose vague resolves never have been fulfill' d ; From whom each year we see Breeds new beginnings, disappointments new ; Who hesitate and... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1857 - 344 pages
...wait like thee, but not, like thee, in hope. Thou waitest for the spark from Heaven : and we, Vague half-believers of our casual creeds, Who never deeply...Whose insight never has borne fruit in deeds, Whose weak resolves never have been fulfill'd ; Who hesitate and falter life away, And lose to-morrow the... | |
 | Nicholas Patrick Wiseman - 1861 - 570 pages
...scope, Of whom each strives, nor knows for what he strives" for us, 526 Living English Poets. [Feb. " Light half-believers of our casual creeds, 'Who never deeply felt, nor clearly will'd." He speaks of " Our mental strife Which though it gives no bliss, yet spoils for rest." His eager inquisitive... | |
 | Arthur Cayley Headlam - 1878 - 578 pages
...called ; and there is no word of that which faith reveals, and doubt hides from our eyes : — ' we, Light half-believers of our casual creeds, Who never...life away, And lose to-morrow the ground won to-day.' These verses express well Mr. Arnold's complaint against the tendencies of our age. The vague rebuke... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1878 - 396 pages
...nor knows for what he strives, Thou waitest for the spark from heaven! and we, Lightrialf-believers of our casual creeds, Who never deeply felt, nor clearly...Ah! do not we, wanderer! await it too? Yes, we await itl—but it still delays, And then we suffer! and amongst us one, Who most has suffer'd, takes dejectedly... | |
 | James Willcox Alsop - 1879 - 40 pages
...will give one stanza from the "Scholar-Gipsy":— " Thou waitest for the spark from Heaven ! and we, Light half-believers of our casual creeds, Who never...new : Who hesitate and falter life away, And lose to morrow the ground won to-day — Ah ! do not we, wanderer, await it too? " As a contrast to this... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1881 - 342 pages
...; Who wait like thee, but not, like thee, in hope. Thou waitest for the spark from heaven ! and we, Light half-believers of our casual creeds, Who never...to-day— Ah ! do not we, wanderer ! await it too ? VOL. II. P Yes, we await it!— but it still delays, And then we suffer ! and amongst us one, Who... | |
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