Persistency of Poetry

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Persistency of Poetry
by Matthew Arnold
Lyrical poem by Matthew Arnold.


Though the Muse be gone away,
Though she move not earth to-day,
Souls, erewhile who caught her word,
Ah! still harp on what they heard.

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