Poems you ought to know . REOUIESCAT BY MATTHEW AENOLD. Matthew Arnold, son of the famous head master of Rugby, was bornat Laleham, Middlesex, 1822. He studied at Winchester, Rugby, andBaliol college, Oxford, and was a fellow of Oriel. In 1851 he was madelay Inspector of schools, and in 57 received the appointment of pro-fessor of poetry at Oxford. He died at Liverpool in 1888. He wroteEmpedocles on Etna, Essays in Criticism, Study of Celtic Litera-ture, Culture and Anarchy, and other books of essays. Strew on her roses, roses, And never a spray of yew!In quiet she reposes; Ah! would that I di
Poems you ought to know . REOUIESCAT BY MATTHEW AENOLD. Matthew Arnold, son of the famous head master of Rugby, was bornat Laleham, Middlesex, 1822. He studied at Winchester, Rugby, andBaliol college, Oxford, and was a fellow of Oriel. In 1851 he was madelay Inspector of schools, and in 57 received the appointment of pro-fessor of poetry at Oxford. He died at Liverpool in 1888. He wroteEmpedocles on Etna, Essays in Criticism, Study of Celtic Litera-ture, Culture and Anarchy, and other books of essays. Strew on her roses, roses, And never a spray of yew!In quiet she reposes; Ah! would that I did, too. 90 Her mirth the world required; She bathed it in smiles of glee,But her heart was tired, tired, And now they let her be. Her life was turning, turning,In mazes of heat and sound; But for peace her soul was yearning,And now peace laps her round. Her cabind ample spirit, It flutterd and faild for breath;To-night it doth inherit The vasty hall of 21 AT THE CHURCH GATE. BY W. M. THACKEBAY. William Makepeace Thackeray was born at Calcutta in 1811. He wasbrought up in England, where he went to Charterhouse school and laterto Trinity college, Cambridge. He left college after one years studyand went to Paris, where he studied with the hope of becoming anartist. His first contributions in the way of writing were to FrazeraMagazine, and among them were his famous Yellowplush Papers. Hewrote other satires and humorous ballads for Punch. Thackeray wasthe first editor of the Cornhill Magazine, which is still in died in London in 1863. Although I enter not,Yet round about the spot Ofttimes I hover;And near the sacred gate,With longing eyes I wait. Expectant of her. My lady comes at last,Timid and stepping fast. And hastening hitherWith modest eyes downcast;She comes—shes here, shes past! May heaven go with her! Kneel undisturbed, fair saint!Pour out your praise or plaint Meekly and duly;I will not enter sully yo
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