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The foot less prompt to meet the morning dew, The heart less bounding at emotion… — Matthew Arnold

Poem

The foot less prompt to meet the morning dew, The heart less bounding at emotion new, And hope, once crush'd, less quick to spring again.

Matthew Arnold
1866
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Topic
Loss of passionAging
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Poem
Time
1866
Person
Matthew Arnold
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Current citation
Arnold, Matthew. "Thyrsis (1866)." Dover Beach and Other Poems. Dover Publications, 2012.
Original citation
Arnold, Matthew. "Thyrsis." Macmillan's Magazine, 1866.

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