The Buried Life

When two of the cast members came to UofL last April to talk at an Engage.Lead.Serve. Board event, they told us that the name for their show came from a poem that was written in the 1800's. They only gave us one little quote from it, but it really grabbed my attention and I decided to look more into it. After reading the entire poem, I realized that I really connected with one section and it seems to have a shocking significance at the moment, so I thought I would share:

"But often, in the world's 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 this heart which beats
So wild, so deep in us--to know
Whence our lives come and where they go."

-"The Buried Life" by Matthew Arnold (1852)