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Alfred Lord Tennyson Quotes

Alfred Lord Tennyson quotes

English Poet August 6, 1809 – October 6, 1892

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Sooner or later I too may passively take the print. Of the golden age--why not? I have neither hope nor trust; May make my heart as a millstone, set my face as a flint, Cheat and be cheated, and die: who knows? we are ashes and dust. Alfred Lord Tennyson
Maud in the light of her youth and her grace, Singing of Death, and of Honor that cannot die, Till I well could weep for a time so sordid and mean, And myself so languid and base. Alfred Lord Tennyson
She sleeps: her breathings are not heard. In palace chambers far apart. The fragrant tresses are not stirr'd. That lie upon her charmed heart. She sleeps: on either hand upswells. The gold-fringed pillow lightly prest: She sleeps, nor dreams, but ever dwells. A perfect form in perfect rest. Alfred Lord Tennyson
Alfred Lord Tennyson quote: "If I had a flower for every time I thought of you...I could..."
If I had a flower for every time I thought of you...I could walk through my garden forever. Alfred Lord Tennyson
We cannot be kind to each other here for even an hour. We whisper, and hint, and chuckle and grin at our brother's shame; however you take it we men are a little breed. Alfred Lord Tennyson
I sometimes find it half a sin, To put to words the grief i feel, For words like nature, half reveal, and half conceal the soul within, Alfred Lord Tennyson
Alfred Lord Tennyson quote: "And out of darkness came the hands that reach thro' nature,..."
And out of darkness came the hands that reach thro' nature, moulding men. Alfred Lord Tennyson
Alfred Lord Tennyson quote: "Music that gentlier on the spirit lies, Than tired eyelids..."
Music that gentlier on the spirit lies, Than tired eyelids upon tired eyes. Alfred Lord Tennyson
The old order changeth, yielding place to new, And God fulfils Himself in many ways, Lest one good custom should corrupt the world. Alfred Lord Tennyson
THE EAGLEHe clasps the crag with crooked hands; Close to the sun in lonely lands, Ring'd with the azure world, he stands. The wrinkled sea beneath him crawls; He watches from his mountain walls, And like a thunderbolt he falls. Alfred Lord Tennyson
Alfred Lord Tennyson quote: "We are not now that strength which in old days Moved earth and..."
We are not now that strength which in old days Moved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are; Alfred Lord Tennyson
Alfred Lord Tennyson quote: "Let the great world spin for ever down the ringing grooves of..."
Let the great world spin for ever down the ringing grooves of change. Alfred Lord Tennyson
I came in haste with cursing breath, And heart of hardest steel; But when I saw thee cold in death, I felt as man should feel. For when I look upon that face, That cold, unheeding, frigid brown, Where neither rage nor fear has place, By Heaven! I cannot hate thee now! Alfred Lord Tennyson
Alfred Lord Tennyson quote: "For words, like Nature, half revealAnd half conceal the Soul..."
For words, like Nature, half revealAnd half conceal the Soul within. Alfred Lord Tennyson
Alfred Lord Tennyson quote: "Words, like nature, half reveal and half conceal the soul within."
Words, like nature, half reveal and half conceal the soul within. Alfred Lord Tennyson

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