...the light.' The following verses, written we suspect in answer to Mr. Arnold's lines, beginning, ' Creep into thy narrow bed — Creep, and let no more...all stands fast ! Thou thyself must break at last,' show that Clough thought he could discern signs of an intellectual dawn slowly breaking on the spiritual...

...the light.' The following verses, written we suspect in answer to Mr. Arnold's lines, beginning, ' Creep into thy narrow bed — Creep, and let no more...all stands fast ! Thou thyself must break at last,' show that Clough thought he could discern signs of an intellectual dawn slowly breaking on the spiritual...

...future course of action V — " Creep into thy narrow bed, Creep, anil let no more be aaid ' Vuin the onset ! all stands fast ; Thou thyself must break...Let the long contention cease ! Geese are swans, and swanl are geeae Let them have it how they will ' Thou art tired ; best be still 1 " They out-talked...

...of men. Till then her lovely eyes maintain Their gay, unwavering, deep disdain. THE LAST WORD. CEBEP into thy narrow bed, Creep, and let no more be said...contention cease ! Geese are swans, and swans are geese. Ix't them have it how they will ! Thou art tired ; best be still !. They out-talked thee, hissed thee,...

...'s dark for men. That, or nothing, I believe.' — For God's sake, believe it then I THE LAST WORD. CREEP into thy narrow bed, Creep, and let no more be said I Vain thy onset ! all stands fast. Thou thyself must break at last. Let the long contention cease...

...then .' THE LAST WORD. CREEP into thy narrow bed, Creep, and let no more be said 1 Vain thy onset 1 all stands fast. Thou thyself must break at last....swans, and swans are geese. Let them have it how they willl Thou art tired; best be still. They out-talk'd thee, hiss'd thee, tore thce? Better men fared...

...'s dark for men. That, or nothing, I believe.' — For God's sake, believe it then) THE LAST WORD. CREEP into thy narrow bed, Creep, and let no more be said I Vain thy onset ! all stands fast. Thou thyself must break at last. Let the long contention cease...

...course which we hold to he hypocritical in that weary spirit so well described by Matthew Arnold : Creep into thy narrow bed, Creep, and let no more...have it how they will. Thou art tired, best be still. Aye, many have dropped out of the ranks of the faithful ones fighting with error and superstitions...

...the Cumner cowslips never stirr'd ; And we should tease her with our plaint in vain ! THE LAST WORD. CREEP into thy narrow bed, Creep, and let no more...it how they will ! Thou art tired; best be still. 580 SYDNEY DO BELL. They out-talk'd thee, hiss'd thee, tore Better men fared tbus before thee; Fired...

...the words are all monosyllables, with the exception of tired and contention (which is Latin) : — " Let the long contention cease ; Geese are swans, and...have it how they will, Thou art tired. Best be still ! " In Tennyson's " Lord of Burleigh," when the sorrowful husband conies to look upon his dead wife,...