{"id":470,"date":"2017-03-31T20:17:09","date_gmt":"2017-03-31T20:17:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.robgoll.com\/content\/?p=470"},"modified":"2017-04-02T20:19:00","modified_gmt":"2017-04-02T20:19:00","slug":"shakespeare-by-matthew-arnold-sonnet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.robgoll.com\/content\/audio-recordings\/shakespeare-by-matthew-arnold-sonnet\/","title":{"rendered":"Shakespeare &#8211; by Matthew Arnold (Sonnet)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Poem 90 - 100 days of poetry<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Shakespeare - Sonnet By Matthew Arnold by Rob Goll\" width=\"525\" height=\"400\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?visual=true&url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F315737147&show_artwork=true&maxheight=788&maxwidth=525\"><\/iframe><br \/>\nOthers abide our question. Thou art free.<br \/>\nWe ask and ask\u2014Thou smilest and art still,<br \/>\nOut-topping knowledge. For the loftiest hill,<br \/>\nWho to the stars uncrowns his majesty,<br \/>\nPlanting his steadfast footsteps in the sea,<br \/>\nMaking the heaven of heavens his dwelling-place,<br \/>\nSpares but the cloudy border of his base<br \/>\nTo the foil'd searching of mortality;<br \/>\nAnd thou, who didst the stars and sunbeams know,<br \/>\nSelf-school'd, self-scann'd, self-honour'd, self-secure,<br \/>\nDidst tread on earth unguess'd at.\u2014Better so!<br \/>\nAll pains the immortal spirit must endure,<br \/>\nAll weakness which impairs, all griefs which bow,<br \/>\nFind their sole speech in that victorious brow. <\/p>\n<ul class=\"ssb_list_wrapper\"><li class=\"fb2\" style=\"width:135px\"><iframe src=\"\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.robgoll.com%2Fcontent%2Faudio-recordings%2Fshakespeare-by-matthew-arnold-sonnet%2F&amp;layout=button_count&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=false&amp;share=true&amp;width=135&amp;height=21&amp;appId=307091639398582\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden;  width:150px; height:21px;\" allowTransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/li><li class=\"twtr\" style=\"width:90px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-url=\"http:\/\/www.robgoll.com\/content\/audio-recordings\/shakespeare-by-matthew-arnold-sonnet\/\">&nbsp;<\/a><script>!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=\/^http:\/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+':\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');<\/script><\/li><li class=\"gplus\" style=\"width:68px\"><div class=\"g-plusone\" data-size=\"medium\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.robgoll.com\/content\/audio-recordings\/shakespeare-by-matthew-arnold-sonnet\/\"><\/div><\/li><li class=\"ssb_linkedin\" style=\"width:64px\"><script src=\"\/\/platform.linkedin.com\/in.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\">lang: en_US<\/script><script type=\"IN\/Share\" data-url=\"http:\/\/www.robgoll.com\/content\/audio-recordings\/shakespeare-by-matthew-arnold-sonnet\/\" data-counter=\"right\"><\/script><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Poem 90 &#8211; 100 days of poetry Others abide our question. 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