And thou, who didst the stars and sunbeams know,
Self-schooled, self-scanned, self-honoured, self-secure
Didst tread on earth unguessed at. Better so!
Source:
-- Matthew Arnold, (Dec 24 1822-1888), English poet, critic; He was an Oxford professor, known for his poem Dover Beach, 1853 and as a crusader for classicism.