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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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Yonder cloud That rises upward always higher, And onward drags a laboring breast, And topples round the dreary west, A looming bastion fringed with fire.

Alfred Lord Tennyson

Fire, Clouds, West

Alfred, Lord Tennyson (2014). “In Memoriam”, p.51, Broadview Press

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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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Woman is the lesser man, and all thy passions, match'd with mine,
Are as moonlight unto sunlight, and as water unto wine.

Alfred Lord Tennyson

Passion, Wine, Men

Alfred Tennyson Tennyson, Baron, Alfred Lord Tennyson (2014). “Fifty Poems”, p.121, Cambridge University Press

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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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We are self-uncertain creatures, and we may Yea, even when we know not, mix our spites And private hates with our defence of Heaven.

Alfred Lord Tennyson

Hate, Self, Heaven

Alfred, Lord Tennyson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Alfred, Lord Tennyson (Illustrated)”, p.1993, Delphi Classics

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A doubtful throne is ice on summer seas.

Alfred Lord Tennyson

Summer, Ice, Sea

Alfred, Lord Tennyson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Alfred, Lord Tennyson (Illustrated)”, p.943, Delphi Classics

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After-dinner talk
Across the walnuts and the wine.

Alfred Lord Tennyson

Wine, Dinner, Walnuts

Alfred Tennyson Tennyson, Baron, Alfred Lord Tennyson (2014). “Fifty Poems”, p.46, Cambridge University Press

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In the long years liker they must grow; The man be more of woman, she of man.

Alfred Lord Tennyson

Men, Years, Long

Alfred Lord Tennyson, “The Princess (Part 7)”

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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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I thought I could not breathe in that fine air That pure severity of perfect light I yearned for warmth and colour which I found In Lancelot.

Alfred Lord Tennyson

Light, Air, Perfect

'Idylls of the King' (1842-85) 'Guinevere' (1859) l. 640

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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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She has a lovely face;
God in his mercy lend her grace,
The Lady of Shalott.

Alfred Lord Tennyson

Grace, Lovely, Faces

1832 Poems,'The Lady of Shalott' (revised 1842), pt.4, l.168-71.

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I come from haunts of coot and hern, I make a sudden sally And sparkle out among the fern, To bicker down a valley.

Alfred Lord Tennyson

Valleys, Ferns, Sparkle

'The Brook' (1855) l. 23

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The passionate heart of the poet is whirled into folly and vice.

Alfred Lord Tennyson

Heart, Vices, Passionate

'Maud' (1855) pt. 1, sect. 4, st. 7

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Queen rose of the rosebud garden of girls.

Alfred Lord Tennyson

Girl, Queens, Women

'Maud' (1855) pt. 1, sect. 22, st. 9

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But every page having an ample marge, And every marge enclosing in the midst A square of text that looks a little blot.

Alfred Lord Tennyson

Book, Squares, Looks

'Idylls of the King' (1842-85) 'Merlin and Vivien' (1859) l. 667

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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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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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Weeded and worn the ancient thatch Upon the lonely moated grange.

Alfred Lord Tennyson

Lonely, Loneliness, Ancient

'Mariana' (1830) st. 1.

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It was my duty to have loved the highest; It surely was my profit had I known: It would have been my pleasure had I seen. We needs must love the highest when we see it, Not Lancelot, nor another.

Alfred Lord Tennyson

Needs, Pleasure, Profit

'Idylls of the King' (1842-85) 'Guinevere' (1859) l. 652

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Read my little fable: He that runs may read. Most can raise the flowers now, For all have got the seed.

Alfred Lord Tennyson

Running, Flower, May

Alfred Tennyson Tennyson, Baron, Alfred Lord Tennyson (2014). “Fifty Poems”, p.147, 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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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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The last great Englishman is low.

Alfred Lord Tennyson

Lasts, Lows, Englishmen

'Ode on the Death of the Duke of Wellington' (1852) st. 3

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