Desire Comments

O' set us free! I solicit all kind of readers to grasp this timeless piece.

out mist and smoky confinement

Wonderful poem by Matthew Arnold that ponders the inevitable passing of time. He suggests that time can bring great joy to some (the lovers: who want time to be prolonged) . However, it can bring sadness and despair to others. This well composed, contemplative poem is certainly worthy of a 10.

Really enjoyed reading this one...like a possessed preacher pouring out his soul. Cathartic.

i hardly know arnold's work. i, like many in high school, read dover beach. interesting to read this which is, in essence, an extended prayer. -gk

who dost dwell alone; who dost know thine own;

Light brings no blindness..... thanks for posting....

Know thine own! ! Thanks for sharing.

Epistemological view of the poem really draws to the many sidestudents of human life

Every line is a truth- -much as man would like to change the truth, it remains

Desire is the cause of sorrowness The quotable quote somewhere I read and it is from the most enlightened one the Goutama Budha. Here the great poet choosed the subject desire which is the cause of every sorrowness in this world we can understand if we go behind every sadness and desperation I think. The great poet took the subject in minutest detail and very interesting to read and this is one of the beafull poem in this column of the great poet.