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For now the poet cannot die, Nor leave his music as of old, But round him ere he scarce be cold Begins the scandal and the cry.

Alfred Lord Tennyson

Music, Scandal, Cold

Alfred, Lord Tennyson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Alfred, Lord Tennyson (Illustrated)”, p.2758, Delphi Classics

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The Lord let the house of a brute to the soul of a man, And the man said, "Am I your debtor?" And the Lord--"Not yet: but make it as clean as you can, And then I will let you a better.

Alfred Lord Tennyson

Men, House, Soul

Alfred Lord Tennyson, “By An Evolutionist”

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All the windy ways of men Are but dust that rises up, And is lightly laid again.

Alfred Lord Tennyson

Men, Dust, Way

Alfred, Lord Tennyson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Alfred, Lord Tennyson (Illustrated)”, p.527, Delphi Classics

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Our hoard is little, but our hearts are great.

Alfred Lord Tennyson

Heart, Littles

'Idylls of the King' (1842-85) 'The Marriage of Geraint' (1859) l. 352

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An English homegrey twilight poured On dewy pasture, dewy trees, Softer than sleepall things in order stored, A haunt of ancient Peace.

Alfred Lord Tennyson

Twilight, Order, Tree

'The Palace of Art' (1832) st. 22

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I will take some savage woman, she shall rear my dusky race.

Alfred Lord Tennyson

Race, Savages

"Locksley Hall" l. 168 (1842)

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Gorgonised me from head to foot With a stony British stare.

Alfred Lord Tennyson

Feet, British, Staring

'Maud' (1855) pt. 1, sect. 13, st. 2

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Strong Son of God, immortal Love, Whom we, that have not seen thy face, By faith, and faith alone, embrace, Believing where we cannot prove.

Alfred Lord Tennyson

Faith, Jesus, Strong

1850 In Memoriam A.H.H., prologue, l.1-4.

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There sinks the nebulous star we call the sun.

Alfred Lord Tennyson

Stars, Sun

Alfred, Lord Tennyson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Alfred, Lord Tennyson (Illustrated)”, p.655, Delphi Classics

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Half a league, half a league,
Half a league onward,
All in the valley of Death
Rode the six hundred.

Alfred Lord Tennyson

League, Valleys, Half

"The Charge of the Light Brigade" l. 1 (1854)

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The wild swan's death-hymn took the soul Of that waste place with joy Hidden in sorrow: at first to the ear The warble was low, and full and clear.

Alfred Lord Tennyson

Swans, Hymns, Joy

Alfred, Lord Tennyson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Alfred, Lord Tennyson (Illustrated)”, p.229, Delphi Classics

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Some full-breasted swan That, fluting a wild carol ere her death, Ruffles her pure cold plume, and takes the flood With swarthy webs.

Alfred Lord Tennyson

Swans, Ruffles, Cold

'Idylls of the King' (1842-85) 'The Passing of Arthur' (1869) l. 434

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So I find every pleasant spot In which we two were wont to meet, The field, the chamber, and the street, For all is dark where thou art not

Alfred Lord Tennyson

Art, Dark, Two

Alfred, Lord Tennyson (2014). “In Memoriam”, p.46, Broadview Press

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She left the web, she left the loom, She made three paces through the room

Alfred Lord Tennyson

Three, Pace, Rooms

'The Lady of Shalott' (1832, revised 1842) pt. 3

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There is sweet music here that softer falls Than petals from blown roses on the grass, Or night-dews on still waters between walls Of shadowy granite, in a gleaming pass; Music that gentlier on the spirit lies, Than tir'd eyelids upon tir'd eyes; Music that brings sweet sleep down from the blissful skies. Here are cool mosses deep, And thro' the moss the ivies creep, And in the stream the long-leaved flowers weep, And from the craggy ledge the poppy hangs in sleep.

Alfred Lord Tennyson

Sweet, Wall, Lying

Alfred Lord Tennyson, Walt Whitman (2010). “English Poetry III: Tennyson to Whitman: The Five Foot Shelf of Classics, Vol. XLII (in 51 Volumes)”, p.1028, Cosimo, Inc.

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So now I have sworn to bury All this dead body of hate I feel so free and so clear By the loss of that dead weight

Alfred Lord Tennyson

Hate, Loss, Weight

Alfred, Lord Tennyson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Alfred, Lord Tennyson (Illustrated)”, p.887, Delphi Classics

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And ah for a man to arise in me, That the man I am may cease to be!

Alfred Lord Tennyson

Humor, Men, Deep Thought

Alfred, Lord Tennyson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Alfred, Lord Tennyson (Illustrated)”, p.876, Delphi Classics

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All experience is an arch wherethro' gleams that untraveled world whose margins fade forever and forever as we move.

Alfred Lord Tennyson

Moving, Forever, Experience

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Red of the Dawn
Is it turning a fainter red? so be it, but when shall we lay
The ghost of the Brute that is walking and hammering us yet and be free?

Alfred Lord Tennyson

Freedom, Dawn, Red

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Behold, we know not anything;
I can but trust that good shall fall
At last-far off-at last, to all,
And every winter change to spring.

Alfred Lord Tennyson

Hope, Spring, Fall

'In Memoriam A. H. H.' (1850) canto 54

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Who loves not Knowledge? Who shall rail
Against her beauty? May she mix
With men and prosper! Who shall fix
Her pillars? Let her work prevail.

Alfred Lord Tennyson

Knowledge, Men, Her Beauty

Alfred, Lord Tennyson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Alfred, Lord Tennyson (Illustrated)”, p.836, Delphi Classics

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Where love could walk with banish'd Hope no more.

Alfred Lord Tennyson

Life, Walks

"The Lover's Tale". Book by Alfred Lord Tennyson, 1879.

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Love took up the harp of Life, and smote on all the chords with might; Smote the chord of Self, that, trembling, passed in music out of sight.

Alfred Lord Tennyson

Love, Life, Sight

Alfred Tennyson Tennyson, Baron, Alfred Lord Tennyson (2014). “Fifty Poems”, p.114, Cambridge University Press

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And wheresoe'er thou move, good luck Shall fling her old shoe after.

Alfred Lord Tennyson

Moving, Good Luck, Shoes

Alfred, Lord Tennyson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Alfred, Lord Tennyson (Illustrated)”, p.511, Delphi Classics

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Till last by Philip's farm I flow
To join the brimming river,
For men may come and men may go,
But I go on for ever.

Alfred Lord Tennyson

Rain, Men, Rivers

'The Brook' (1855) l. 33

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Born: August 5, 1809
Died: October 6, 1892
Occupation: Poet
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