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Arthur Hugh Clough
1819–1861
A thoughtful Victorian poet whose work turns doubt, conscience, and everyday struggle into memorable verse. Best known for poems such as "Say Not the Struggle Nought Availeth," he wrote with unusual honesty about faith, duty, and modern life.
3 Audiobooks
Prose remains of Arthur Hugh Clough, with a selection from his letters and a memoir
by Arthur Hugh Clough
Amours De Voyage
by Arthur Hugh Clough
Poems of Arthur Hugh Clough
by Arthur Hugh Clough
About the author
Born in Liverpool in 1819, Arthur Hugh Clough spent part of his childhood in the United States before returning to England for school. He studied at Rugby and Balliol College, Oxford, and became known not only as a poet but also as a teacher and educationalist.
His writing is closely linked with the religious uncertainty and moral questioning of the Victorian age. Alongside shorter poems and lyrics, he wrote longer works including The Bothie of Toper-na-fuosich and Amours de Voyage, and readers have long admired the plain strength and resilience of "Say Not the Struggle Nought Availeth."
Clough also worked in public service and was associated with Florence Nightingale. He died in Florence in 1861 at the age of 42, but his poems continued to find readers for their intelligence, emotional honesty, and quietly modern voice.