* but often,
in our worlds most crowded streets,
but often, in the din of
strife,
there rises an unspeakable
desire
after the knowledge of our buried
life;
* a thirst to spend our fire and restless
force
in tracking out our true, original
course;
a longing to inquire
into the mystery of which of this heart
which beats
so wild, so deep in us -- to
know
* whence our lives come and where they
go.
-- excerpt from "The Buried Life" by Matthew
Arnold