The speaker of this poem asks "for what wears out the life of mortal men?" and answers that "repeated shocks" "exhaust the energy of strongest souls" and "numb the elastic powers.
The speaker of this poem asks "for what wears out the life of mortal men?" and answers that "repeated shocks" "exhaust the energy of strongest souls" and "numb the elastic powers." This poem contrasts the "days when wits were fresh and clear / and life ran gaily as the sparkling Thames" with the "strange disease of modern life," before warning "fly hence, our contact fear!" In its opening stanzas, its speaker urges a nearby shepherd to "no longer leave thy wistful flock unfed" and "ComeÂ… and again begin the quest!" The title character of this poem is compared to a (*) "Tyrian trader, from the sea" and is spotted in locations like "some lone homestead in the Cumner hills." The title character of this poem is described as having "forsook his friends" and "roam'd the world with that wild brotherhood" by the speaker, who reads about him in "Glanvil's book" while lying on the grass. For 10 points, name this poem about an itinerant student from Oxford, written by Matthew Arnold.
The speaker of this poem asks "for what wears out the life of mortal men?" and answers that "repeated shocks" "exhaust the energy of strongest souls" and "numb the elastic powers.
"The Scholar-Gipsy"