{"id":902,"date":"2011-03-19T17:20:54","date_gmt":"2011-03-19T17:20:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/?p=902"},"modified":"2014-06-24T07:35:16","modified_gmt":"2014-06-24T07:35:16","slug":"revolutions-by-matthew-arnold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/revolutions-by-matthew-arnold\/","title":{"rendered":"Revolutions by Matthew Arnold"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Revolutions<\/h1>\n

by Matthew Arnold<\/p>\n

Before man parted for this earthly strand,
\nWhile yet upon the verge of heaven he stood,
\nGod put a heap of letters in his hand,
\nAnd bade him make with them what word he could.<\/p>\n

And man has turn’d them many times; made Greece,
\nRome, England, France; yes, nor in vain essay’d
\nWay after way, changes that never cease!
\nThe letters have combined, something was made.<\/p>\n

But ah! an inextinguishable sense
\nHaunts him that he has not made what he should;
\nThat he has still, though old, to recommence,
\nSince he has not yet found the word God would.<\/p>\n

And empire after empire, at their height
\nOf sway, have felt this boding sense come on;
\nHave felt their huge frames not constructed right,
\nAnd droop’d, and slowly died upon their throne.<\/p>\n

One day, thou say’st, there will at last appear
\nThe word, the order, which God meant should be.
\nAh! we shall know that well when it comes near;
\nThe band will quit man’s heart, he will breathe free.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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