Early Death And Fame

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Title:     Early Death And Fame
Author: Matthew Arnold [More Titles by Arnold]

For him who must see many years,
I praise the life which slips away
Out of the light and mutely; which avoids
Fame, and her less fair followers, envy, strife,
Stupid detraction, jealousy, cabal,
Insincere praises; which descends
The quiet mossy track to age.

But, when immature death
Beckons too early the guest
From the half-tried banquet of life,
Young, in the bloom of his days;
Leaves no leisure to press,
Slow and surely, the sweets
Of a tranquil life in the shade--
Fuller for him be the hours!
Give him emotion, though pain!
Let him live, let him feel: _I have lived._
Heap up his moments with life!
Triple his pulses with fame!

[The end]
Matthew Arnold's poem: Early Death And Fame

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