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A NAMELESS EPITAPH (1) by MATTHEW ARNOLD

Poet Analysis

First Line: THIS SENTENCE HAVE I LEFT BEHIND
Last Line: ARE GOD'S WORST PORTION TO MANKIND.
Subject(s): EPITAPHS;

THIS sentence have I left behind:
An aching body, and a mind
Not wholly clear, nor wholly blind,
Too keen to rest, too weak to find,
That travails sore, and brings forth wind,
Are God's worst portion to mankind.



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