Matthew Arnold - Written in Emerson's Essays lyrics

"O monstrous, dead, unprofitable world, That thou canst hear, and hearing, hold thy way! A voice oracular hath peal'd to-day, To-day a hero's banner is unfurl'd; Hast thou no lip for welcome?"—So I said. Man after man, the world smiled and pa**'d by; A smile of wistful incredulity As though one spake of life unto the dead— Scornful, and strange, and sorrowful, and full Of bitter knowledge. Yet the will is free; Strong is the soul, and wise, and beautiful; The seeds of godlike power are in us still; Gods are we, bards, saints, heroes, if we will!— Dumb judges, answer, truth or mockery?