Thou waitest for the spark from heaven and we, Light half-believers in our casual deeds ... Who hesitate and falter life away, And lose tomorrow the ground won today Ah, do not we, Wanderer, await it too. (Matthew Arnold)

Thou waitest for the spark from heaven and we, Light half-believers in our casual deeds ... Who hesitate and falter life away, And lose tomorrow the ground won today Ah, do not we, Wanderer, await it too.

Matthew Arnold

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