Arthur Hugh Clough - Shalt Quotes

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Thou shalt not covet, but tradition
Approves all forms of competition.

Arthur Hugh Clough

Thou shalt have one God only; who
Would be at the expense of two?

Arthur Hugh Clough

Honour thy parents; that is, all
From whom advancement may befall:
Thou shalt not kill; but need'st not strive
Officiously to keep alive.

Arthur Hugh Clough

Thou shalt not steal; an empty feat,
When it's so lucrative to cheat.

Arthur Hugh Clough

Go; say not in thy heart, And what then were it accomplished,
Were the wild impulse allayed, what were the use or the good!
Go, when the instinct is stilled, and when the deed is accomplished,
What thou bast done and shalt do, shall be declared to thee then.
Go with the sun and the stars, and yet evermore in thy spirit
Say to thyself: It is good: yet is there better than it.
This that I see is not all, and this that I do is but little;
Nevertheless it is good, though there is better than it.

Arthur Hugh Clough

Thy duty do? rejoined the voice,
Ah, do it, do it, and rejoice;
But shalt thou then, when all is done,
Enjoy a love, embrace a beauty
Like these, that may be seen and won
In life, whose course will then be run;
Or wilt thou be where there is none?
I know not, I will do my duty.

Arthur Hugh Clough