To the end of the trail / Richard Hovey [electronic text]

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Hovey, Richard, 1864-1900.

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New York: Duffield & Company

1908

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MATTHEW ARNOLD     THERE was a poet in him. But his art Grew too faint hearted to withstand the strain And turmoil of the age. He sought to gain Peace only; all the passion of his heart He slew, that, a little space apart For quiet of his soul he might attain; And so the poet in him fell self-slain, Sang its own swan-song and was not. O heart! He has found a deeper peace than he pursued And his worn eyes at last behold the ways That open for man's limitless up-leaping; And God's voice softly wakes his poethoodAnew, as the Master bent of old to raise The dust that loved him, saying: "Not dead, but sleeping."      