At Burgos
July 5, 2023Amours de Voyage, Canto II
July 5, 2023Perchè Pensa? Pensando s’Invecchia
To spend uncounted years of pain,
Again, again, and yet again,
In working out in heart and brain
The problem of our being here;
To gather facts from far and near,
Upon the mind to hold them clear,
And, knowing more may yet appear,
Unto one’s latest breath to fear
The premature result to draw–
Is this the object, end and law,
And purpose of our being here?
Arthur Hugh Clough
Arthur Hugh Clough (1819-1861) was an English poet and critic who was associated with the Oxford Movement. Some of his notable works include "The Bothie of Tober-na-Vuolich" (1848) and "Amours de Voyage" (1858).