Quote by: Matthew Arnold

For rigorous teachers seized my youth, And purged its faith, and trimm'd its fire, Show'd me the high, white star of Truth, There bade me gaze, and there aspire. Even now their whispers pierce the gloom: What dost thou in this living tomb?


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Author Bio


  • NameMatthew Arnold
  • DescriptionEnglish poet and cultural critic who worked as an inspector of schools
  • BornDecember 24, 1822
  • DiedApril 15, 1888
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionPoet; Writer
  • WorksThe Scholar-Gypsy; Thyrsis; Dover Beach; Tristram And Iseult; To Marguerite: Continued; Sohrab And Rustum; Balder Dead; On Translating Homer; Culture And Anarchy