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THE WAY OF SACRIFICE by MATTHEW ARNOLD

Poet Analysis

First Line: HE WHO HATH WATCHED, NOT SHARED, THE STRIFE
Last Line: WHO HATH RENOUNCED HIS OWN.
Subject(s): SACRIFICES;
He who hath watched, not shared, the strife,
Knows how the day hath gone.
He only lives with the world's life
Who hath renounced his own.



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