“Who prop, thou ask'st in these bad days, my mind?
He much, the old man, who, clearest-souled of men,
Saw The Wide Prospect, and the Asian Fen,
And Tmolus hill, and Smyrna bay, though blind.”

"To a Friend" http://www.poetry-online.org/arnold_to_a_friend.htm (1849), line 1

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

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“Who prop, thou ask'st in these bad days, my mind?He much, the old man, who, clearest-souled of men,Saw The Wide Prospect, and the Asian Fen,And Tmolus hill, and Smyrna bay, though blind.”

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“Who prop, thou ask'st in these bad days, my mind?
He much, the old man, who, clearest-souled of men,
Saw The Wide Prospect, and the Asian Fen,
And Tmolus hill, and Smyrna bay, though blind.”