"Ah! well for us, if even we, / Even for a moment, can get free / Our heart, and have our lips unchain'd; / For that which seals them hath been deep-ordain'd!"
— Arnold, Matthew (1822-1888)
Author
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
B. Fellowes
Date
1852
Metaphor
"Ah! well for us, if even we, / Even for a moment, can get free / Our heart, and have our lips unchain'd; / For that which seals them hath been deep-ordain'd!"
Metaphor in Context
Ah! well for us, if even we,
Even for a moment, can get free
Our heart, and have our lips unchain'd;
For that which seals them hath been deep-ordain'd!
(ll. 26-9)
Even for a moment, can get free
Our heart, and have our lips unchain'd;
For that which seals them hath been deep-ordain'd!
(ll. 26-9)
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Provenance
Reading
Citation
Matthew Arnold, Empedocles on Etna, and Other Poems. London: B. Fellowes, 1852.<Link to RPO><Link to Victorian Web>
Date of Entry
05/20/2010
