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> [The glass of your life is darkened, and darkly through it you see distorted and ghastly fragments of duty and destiny.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-arnold/the-glass-of-your-life-is-darkened-and-darkly-through-it-you-see/)

[George Arnold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-arnold/)

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## More by George Arnold

> [The glass of your life is darkened, and darkly through it you see distorted and ghastly fragments of duty and destiny.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-arnold/the-glass-of-your-life-is-darkened-and-darkly-through-it-you-see/)

[George Arnold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-arnold/)

> [I love this simple maiden, She grows upon me more and more, And--ask the moon who 't was that kissed, Last night upon the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-arnold/i-love-this-simple-maiden-she-grows-upon-me-more-and-more-and-ask-the/)

[George Arnold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-arnold/)

> [The living need charity more than the dead.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-arnold/the-living-need-charity-more-than-the-dead/)

[George Arnold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-arnold/)

> [What rare days were those, When my chief duty was to write a song.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-arnold/what-rare-days-were-those-when-my-chief-duty-was-to-write-a-song/)

[George Arnold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-arnold/)

> [O sweet September, thy first breezes bring The dry leaf's rustle and the squirrel's laughter, The cool fresh air whence health and vigor spring…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-arnold/o-sweet-september-thy-first-breezes-bring-the-dry-leaf-s-rustle-and/)

[George Arnold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-arnold/)

> [Ah, many a one has started forth with hope and purpose high; Has fought throughout a weary life, and passed all pleasure by; Has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-arnold/ah-many-a-one-has-started-forth-with-hope-and-purpose-high-has-fought/)

[George Arnold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-arnold/)

> [Here with my beer I sit, while golden moments flit: alas! They pass unheeded by: and as they fly, I, being dry, sit idly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-arnold/here-with-my-beer-i-sit-while-golden-moments-flit-alas-they-pass/)

[George Arnold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-arnold/)

> [But leave me to my beer! Gold is dross, love is loss, so if I gulp my sorrows down, or see them drown in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-arnold/but-leave-me-to-my-beer-gold-is-dross-love-is-loss-so-if-i-gulp-my/)

[George Arnold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-arnold/)

> [I hold that all the evil we know on earth finds in this violence done to love its true and legitimate birth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-arnold/i-hold-that-all-the-evil-we-know-on-earth-finds-in-this-violence-done/)

[George Arnold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-arnold/)

> [O'er hill and field October's glories fade; O'er hill and field the blackbirds southward fly; The brown leaves rustle down the forest glade, Where…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-arnold/o-er-hill-and-field-october-s-glories-fade-o-er-hill-and-field-the/)

[George Arnold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-arnold/)

> [I let my summer days pass idly on.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-arnold/i-let-my-summer-days-pass-idly-on/)

[George Arnold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-arnold/)

> [Twas a jolly old pedagogue, long ago, Tall and slender, and sallow and dry; His form was bent, and his gait was slow, His…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-arnold/twas-a-jolly-old-pedagogue-long-ago-tall-and-slender-and-sallow-and/)

[George Arnold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-arnold/)

> [Life for the living, and rest for the dead!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-arnold/life-for-the-living-and-rest-for-the-dead/)

[George Arnold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-arnold/)

> [Experience is bitter, but its teachings we retain; It has taught me this--who once has loved, loves never on earth again!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-arnold/experience-is-bitter-but-its-teachings-we-retain-it-has-taught-me/)

[George Arnold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-arnold/)

> [A silence reigns upon the air, Upon the pansies by the shore, Upon the violets, pale and fair, Upon the willow, bending o'er; The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-arnold/a-silence-reigns-upon-the-air-upon-the-pansies-by-the-shore-upon-the/)

[George Arnold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-arnold/)

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