“The World in which we live and move
Outlasts aversion, outlasts love:
Outlasts each effort, interest, hope,
Remorse, grief, joy.”

Source: Resignation (1849), l. 215-218

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

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