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Alfred Lord Tennyson
Alfred Lord Tennyson

In Memoriam A. H. H.: 82. I wage not any feud with death

In Memoriam A. H. H.: 82. I wage not any feud with death

I wage not any feud with Death
For changes wrought on form and face;
No lower life that earth's …

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Alfred Lord Tennyson
Alfred Lord Tennyson

In Memoriam A. H. H.: 72. Risest thou thus, dim dawn, again

In Memoriam A. H. H.: 72. Risest thou thus, dim dawn, again

Risest thou thus, dim dawn, again,
And howlest, issuing out of night,
With blasts that blow t…

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Alfred Lord Tennyson
Alfred Lord Tennyson

In Memoriam A. H. H.: 67. When on my bed the moonlight fall

In Memoriam A. H. H.: 67. When on my bed the moonlight fall

When on my bed the moonlight falls,
I know that in thy place of rest
By that broad water of t…

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Alfred Lord Tennyson
Alfred Lord Tennyson

In Memoriam A. H. H.: 56. So careful of the type? but no

In Memoriam A. H. H.: 56. So careful of the type? but no

"So careful of the type?" but no.
From scarped cliff and quarried stone
She cries, "A thousand t…

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Alfred Lord Tennyson
Alfred Lord Tennyson

In Memoriam A. H. H.: 45. The baby new to earth and sky

In Memoriam A. H. H.: 45. The baby new to earth and sky

The baby new to earth and sky,
What time his tender palm is prest
Against the circle of the breas…

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Alfred Lord Tennyson
Alfred Lord Tennyson

In Memoriam A. H. H.: 54. Oh, yet we Trust that somehow Goo

In Memoriam A. H. H.: 54. Oh, yet we Trust that somehow Goo

Oh, yet we trust that somehow good
Will be the final end of ill,
To pangs of nature, sins of …

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Alfred Lord Tennyson
Alfred Lord Tennyson

In Memoriam A. H. H.: 39. Old warder of these buried bones

In Memoriam A. H. H.: 39. Old warder of these buried bones

Old warder of these buried bones,
And answering now my random stroke
With fruitful cloud and l…

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Alfred Lord Tennyson
Alfred Lord Tennyson

In Memoriam A. H. H.: 2. Old Yew, which graspest at the sto

In Memoriam A. H. H.: 2. Old Yew, which graspest at the sto

Old Yew, which graspest at the stones
That name the under-lying dead,
Thy fibres net the drea…

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Alfred Lord Tennyson
Alfred Lord Tennyson

In Memoriam A. H. H.: 15. To-night the winds begin to rise

In Memoriam A. H. H.: 15. To-night the winds begin to rise

To-night the winds begin to rise
And roar from yonder dropping day:
The last red leaf is whirl…

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Alfred Lord Tennyson
Alfred Lord Tennyson

In Memoriam A. H. H.: 126. Love is and was my Lord and King

In Memoriam A. H. H.: 126. Love is and was my Lord and King

Love is and was my Lord and King,
And in his presence I attend
To hear the tidings of my frie…

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Alfred Lord Tennyson
Alfred Lord Tennyson

In Memoriam A. H. H.: 105. To-night ungather'd let us leave

In Memoriam A. H. H.: 105. To-night ungather'd let us leave

To-night ungather'd let us leave
This laurel, let this holly stand:
We live within the strang…

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Alfred Lord Tennyson
Alfred Lord Tennyson

In Memoriam A. H. H.: 118. Contemplate all this work of Tim

In Memoriam A. H. H.: 118. Contemplate all this work of Tim

Contemplate all this work of Time,
The giant labouring in his youth;
Nor dream of human love …

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Alfred Lord Tennyson
Alfred Lord Tennyson

In Memoriam A. H. H. Obiit MDCCCXXXIII: 3. O Sorrow, cruel

In Memoriam A. H. H. Obiit MDCCCXXXIII: 3. O Sorrow, cruel

O Sorrow, cruel fellowship,
O Priestess in the vaults of Death,
O sweet and bitter in a breath…

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Alfred Lord Tennyson
Alfred Lord Tennyson

In Memoriam A. H. H. 116

In Memoriam A. H. H. 116

Is it, then, regret for buried time
That keenlier in sweet April wakes,
And meets the year, and gives and takes
The colour…

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Alfred Lord Tennyson
Alfred Lord Tennyson

In Memoriam 3: O Sorrow, Cruel Fellowship

In Memoriam 3: O Sorrow, Cruel Fellowship

O Sorrow, cruel fellowship,
O Priestess in the vaults of Death,
O sweet and bitter in a breath,
What whis…

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Alfred Lord Tennyson
Alfred Lord Tennyson

In Memoriam 131: O Living Will That Shalt Endure

In Memoriam 131: O Living Will That Shalt Endure

O living will that shalt endure
When all that seems shall suffer shock,
Rise in the spiritual rock,

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Alfred Lord Tennyson
Alfred Lord Tennyson

How Thought You That This Thing Could Captivate?

How Thought You That This Thing Could Captivate?

How thought you that this thing could captivate?
What are those graces that could make her dear,
Who is …

406
Alfred Lord Tennyson
Alfred Lord Tennyson

Idylls of the King: The Marriage of Geraint (Fortune, Turn

Idylls of the King: The Marriage of Geraint (Fortune, Turn

Turn, Fortune, turn thy wheel, and lower the proud;
Turn thy wild wheel thro' sunshine, storm, and c…

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Alfred Lord Tennyson
Alfred Lord Tennyson

Hendecasyllabics

Hendecasyllabics

O you chorus of indolent reviewers,
Irresponsible, indolent reviewers,
Look, I come to the test, a tiny poem
All composed in a met…

503
Alfred Lord Tennyson
Alfred Lord Tennyson

Guinevere

Guinevere


Queen Guinevere had fled the court, and sat
There in the holy house at Almesbury
Weeping, none with her save a little maid,
A novic…

523
Alfred Lord Tennyson
Alfred Lord Tennyson

Geraint And Enid

Geraint And Enid

O purblind race of miserable men,
How many among us at this very hour
Do forge a life-long trouble for ourselves,
By taking true f…

514
Alfred Lord Tennyson
Alfred Lord Tennyson

Gareth And Lynette

Gareth And Lynette

The last tall son of Lot and Bellicent,
And tallest, Gareth, in a showerful spring
Stared at the spate. A slender-shafted Pine
L…

530
Alfred Lord Tennyson
Alfred Lord Tennyson

Fatima

Fatima


O LOVE, Love, Love! O withering might!
O sun, that from thy noonday height
Shudderest when I strain my sight,
Throbbing thro' all thy …

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Alfred Lord Tennyson
Alfred Lord Tennyson

Freedom

Freedom


Of old sat Freedom on the heights,
The thunders breaking at her feet:
Above her shook the starry lights:
She heard the torrents meet.…

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