...darling — my life and my bride, In the sepulchre there by the sea, *' SELF-DEPENDENCE MATTHEW ARNOLD Weary of myself, and sick of asking What I am, and...be, At this vessel's prow I stand, which bears me Forward, forward, o'er the starlit sea. And a look of passionate desire O'er the sea and to the stars...

...of glory. BT MATTHEW ABXOLD. \Veary of myself, and sick of What I am, and what I ought to be, At the vessel's prow I stand, which bears me Forwards, forwards,...the stars I send; "Ye, who from my childhood up have claimed me, Calm me, ah, compose me to the end! "Ah, once more," I cried, "ye stars, ye waters, On...

...poetical power that voices the agnosticism that finally made him quit writing poetry. SELF-DEPENDENCE Weary of myself, and sick of asking What I am, and...bears me Forwards, forwards, o'er the starlit sea. 5 And a look of passionate desire O'er the sea and to the stars I send : " Ye who from my childhood...

...things in the world, she selected my dear Matthew Arnold's " Self-dependence," the poem beginning, " Weary of myself, and sick of asking what I am, and what I ought to be." I was about to cry out that the task was unfair, but our improvisatore went again to the piano, and...

...things that he saw or felt, as he looked abroad upon the world. It is with a tone of sadness — " Weary of myself, and sick of asking What I am, and what I ought to be," that he puts his thoughts in verse. Besides the lack of exhilaration which one finds in the tone of...

...well The Friend of man desires.' By permission of Macmillan 6- Co. SELF-DEPENDENCE BY MATTHEW ARNOLD WEARY of myself, and sick of asking What I am, and...the stars I send ' Ye who from my childhood up have calmed me, ' Ah, once more,' I cried, ' ye stars, ye waters, On my heart your mighty charm renew ;...

...changed, they are gone ! 1 remain." 1853. SELF-DEPENDENCE WEARY of myself, and sick of asking What I arn, and what I ought to be, At this vessel's prow I stand,...desire O'er the sea and to the stars I send : "Ye wlii) from my childhood up have • -. ilmM me, i':ihu me, ah, compose me to the end ! " All, once...

...-Dependence, the balance is strongly on the side of hope. Discouragement appears only in the opening couplet: "Weary of myself and sick of asking What I am and what I ought to be;" but from stars and sea he draws an inspiring lesson which speaks to the heart of mankind: "And with...

...This is the thought which runs through that fine poem Self- Dependence, beginning with the lament, Weary of myself and sick of asking What I am and what I ought to be, and ending with the strain of triumphant assurance: Resolve to be thyself and know that he Who finds...

...This is the thought which runs through that fine poem Self-Dependence^^ beginning with the lament, Weary of myself and sick of asking What I am and. what I ought to be, and ending with the strain of triumphant assurance: Resolve to be thyself and know that he Who finds...