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The Poems and Prose Remains of Arthur Hugh Clough (2); With a Selection From His Letters and a Memoir
The Poems and Prose Remains of Arthur Hugh Clough With a Selection From His Letters and a Memoir - 2 Author:Arthur Hugh Clough Volume: 2 General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1869 Original Publisher: Macmillan Subjects: History / General Literary Criticism / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh Literary Criticism / Poetry Poetry / General Poetry / American / General Poetry / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh Notes: This ... more »is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: DUTY. Duty -- that's to say, complying, With whate'er 's expected here ; On your unknown cousin's dying, Straight be ready with the tear; Upon etiquette relying, Unto usage nought denying, Lend your waist to be embraced, Blush not even, never fear ; Claims of kith and kin connection, Claims of manners honour still, Ready money of affection Pay, whoever drew the bill. With the form conforming duly, Senseless what it meaneth truly, Go to church -- the world require you, To balls -- the world require you too, And marry -- papa and mamma desire you, And your sisters and schoolfellows do. Duty -- 'tis to take on trust What things are good, and right, and just; And whether indeed they be or be not, Try not, test not, feel not, see not: 'Tis walk and dance, sit down and rise By leading, opening ne'er your eyes ; Stunt sturdy limbs that Nature gave, And be drawn in a Bath chair along to the grave. 'Tis the stem and prompt suppressing, As an obvious deadly sin, All the questing and the guessing Of the soul's own soul within: Tis the coward acquiescence In a destiny's behest, To a shade by terror made, Sacrificing, aye, the essence Of all that's truest, noblest, best: 'Tis the blind non-recognition Or of goodness, truth, or beauty, Save by precept and submission ; Moral blank, and moral void, Li...« less