(bust of The Bard on one of my bookshelves)
Lines from “Shakespeare” by Matthew Arnold:
We ask and ask–Thou smilest and art still./Out-topping knowledge.
All pains the immortal spirit must endure,/All weakness which impairs, all griefs which bow,/Find their sole voice in that victorious brow.
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