| Matthew Arnold (1822–88). The Poems of Matthew Arnold, 1840–1867. 1909. | | | | Empedocles on Etna, and Other Poems | | Too Late |
| | [First published 1852. Reprinted 1855.]
EACH 1 on his own strict line we move, | |
| And some find death ere they find love. | |
| So far apart their lives are thrown | |
| From the twin soul that halves their own. | |
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| And sometimes, by still harder fate, | 5 |
| The lovers meet, but meet too late. | |
| —Thy heart is mine!—True, true! ah true! | |
| —Then, love, thy hand!—Ah no! adieu! | |
| | | Note 1. Too late Title] Faded Leaves. II. Too late 1855. [back] | | |
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