...was sin, Which henceforth we resign, Sure only that your mind sees all things which befall! " Fools ! that in man's brief term He cannot all things view,...does being weary prove that he has where to rest! Again : our youthful blood Claims rapture as its right; The world, a rolling flood Of newness and delight,...

...him a hopeless blank ; he has learnt to believe that there is no help, no hope, no God : " Fools ! that in man's brief term "He cannot all things view,..."Affords no ground to affirm "That there are Gods who dol " Nor does, being weary, prove that he has where to rest ! " He has schooled his mind to gaze unflinchingly...

...blows a good man's barge. • *#**' Fools ! that in man's brief term He cannot all things view, Aflbrds no ground to affirm That there are gods who do ! Nor does being weary prove that he has where to rest ! No certainty of truth ! No moral government of the world ' No God who has filled the heart of man...

...was sin, Which henceforth we resign, Sure only that your mind sees all things which befal!' Fools! that in man's brief term He cannot all things view,...does being weary prove that he has where to rest! Again: Our youthful blood Claims rapture as its right; The world, a rolling flood Of newness and delight,...

...that wind less rough which blows a good man's barge. " Fools ! That in man's brief term lie can not all things view, Affords no ground to affirm That...does being weary prove that he has where to rest." The impression one gets from such a poem is one of despair ; the agnostic tone is quite as pronounced...

...forgeries of unprofitable comfort ; scornful and solemn as the forces themselves of nature. " Fools ! that in man's brief term He cannot all things view,...give; making sure to find happiness where the foiled student makes sure to find knowledge. Again the response from natural things unseen, or from the lips...

...forgeries of unprofitable comfort; scornful and solemn as the forces themselves of nature. " Fools ! that in man's brief term He cannot all things view,...give; making sure to find happiness where the foiled student makes sure to find knowledge. Again the response from natural things unseen, or from the lips...

...will agree with me) are like to survive many newer poems that have been more loudly praised. Fools ! that in man's brief term He cannot all things view,...Nor does being weary prove that he has where to rest ! So Matthew Arnold's Empedocles. That is not the last word, but surely it is a word that cannot be...

...is not a sufficient ground for believing. Like Empedocles they cannot but see this : — " Fools ! that in man's brief term He cannot all things view, Affords no grounds to affirm That there are gods who do ; Nor does being weary prove that he has where to rest."...

...the theologic solution of the trouble and mystery of life, and scornfully rejects it : — " Fools ! that in man's brief term He cannot all things view,...Nor does being weary prove that he has where to rest ! " Fools ! that so often here Happiness marked our prayer, I think, might make us fear A like event...