Quiet Work
Matthew Arnold
1822 to 1888
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Reconstruct the poem by dragging each line into its correct position. Your goal is to reassemble the original poem as accurately as possible. As you move the lines, you'll see whether your arrangement is correct, helping you explore the poem's flow and meaning. You can also print out the jumbled poem to cut up and reassemble in the classroom. Either way, take your time, enjoy the process, and discover how the poet's words come together to create something truly beautiful.
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Still working, blaming still our vain turmoil,
Far noisier schemes, accomplish'd in repose,
One lesson of two duties kept at one
Yes, while on earth a thousand discords ring,
Still do thy sleepless ministers move on,
Their glorious tasks in silence perfecting;
One lesson, Nature, let me learn of thee,
Laborers that shall not fail, when man is gone.
One lesson which in every wind is blown,
Of toil unsever'd from tranquility!
Though the loud world proclaim their enmity—
Man's fitful uproar mingling with his toil,
Of labor, that in lasting fruit outgrows
Too great for haste, too high for rivalry.