Despondency
Matthew Arnold
1822 to 1888
The thoughts that rain their steady glow
Like stars on life’s cold sea,
Which others know, or say they know,—
They never shone for me.
Thoughts light, like gleams, my spirit’s sky,
But they will not remain.
They light me once, they hurry by,
And never come again.
Matthew Arnold's Despondency
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