“Radiant with ardour divine!
Beacons of Hope ye appear!
Languor is not in your heart,
Weakness is not in your word,
Weariness not on your brow.”

— Matthew Arnold

St. 12
Rugby Chapel (1867)

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English poet and cultural critic who worked as an inspector… 1822–1888

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