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THE DEEPER THOUGHT by MATTHEW ARNOLD

Poet Analysis

First Line: BELOW THE SURFACE STREAM, SHALLOW AND LIGHT
Last Line: THE CENTRAL STREAM OF WHAT WE FEEL INDEED.
Subject(s): THOUGHT; THINKING;

Below the surface-stream, shallow and light,
Of what we say we feel -- below the stream,
As light, of what we think we feel -- there flows
With noiseless current strong, obscure and deep,
The central stream of what we feel indeed.





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