“Such a price
The Gods exact for song;
To become what we sing.”

—  Matthew Arnold

" The Strayed Reveller to Ulysses http://www.poetry-archive.com/a/the_strayed_reveller_to_ulysses.html"

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

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