# Poetical Works of Matthew Arnold Author: Arnold, Matthew, 1822-1888 Genre: Category: Poetry Language: English License: Public domain Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/27739 Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Poetical+Works+of+Matthew+Arnold+Arnold&tag=cyberlibrar00-20 ## Summary The mules, I think, will not be here this hour; They feel the cool wet turf under their feet By the stream-side, after the dusty lanes In which they have toil'd all night from Catana, And scarcely will they budge a yard. O Pan, How gracious is the mountain at this hour! A thousand times have I been here alone, Or with the revellers from the mountain-towns, But never on so fair a morn;--the sun Is shining on the brilliant mountain-crests, And on the highest pines; but farther down, Here in the valley, is in shade; the sward Is dark, and on the stream the mist still hangs; One sees one's footprints crush'd in the wet grass, One's breath curls in the air; and on these pines That climb from t... ## Chapters - [Chapter 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/poetical-works-of-matthew-arnold-27739/chapters/3/index.md) - [Chapter 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/poetical-works-of-matthew-arnold-27739/chapters/2/index.md) - [Chapter 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/poetical-works-of-matthew-arnold-27739/chapters/1/index.md)