Matthew Arnold

The freethinking of one age is the common sense of the next.

The freethinking of one age is the common sense of the next.

Truth sits upon the lips of dying men.

Truth sits upon the lips of dying men.

The kings of modern thought are dumb.

The kings of modern thought are dumb.

Then gazing up 'mid the dim pillars high,
The foliaged marble forest where ye lie,
Hush, ye read more

Then gazing up 'mid the dim pillars high,
The foliaged marble forest where ye lie,
Hush, ye will say, it is eternity!
This is the glimmering verge of heaven, and there
The columns of the heavenly palaces.

And see all sights from pole to pole, / And glance, and nod, and bustle by; / And never once read more

And see all sights from pole to pole, / And glance, and nod, and bustle by; / And never once possess our soul / Before we die.