Alfred Lord Tennyson Quotes - Page 3

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• I am a part of all that I have met.

  Alfred Lord Tennyson

  Inspirational, Attitude, Self Esteem

  "Ulysses" l. 13 (1842)

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• I am half-sick of shadows,' said The Lady of Shalott.

  Alfred Lord Tennyson

  Sick, Shadow, Half

  'The Lady of Shalott' (1832, revised 1842) pt. 2

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• Shape your heart to front the hour, but dream not that the hours will last.

  Alfred Lord Tennyson

  Change, Dream, Heart

  Alfred, Lord Tennyson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Alfred, Lord Tennyson (Illustrated)”, p.1431, Delphi Classics

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• Battering the gates of heaven with the storms of prayer.

  Alfred Lord Tennyson

  Prayer, Heaven, Storm

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• Tears, idle tears, I know not what they mean, Tears from the depths of some devine despair Rise in the heart, and gather to the eyes, In looking on the happy autumn fields, And thinking of the days that are no more.

  Alfred Lord Tennyson

  Heart, Mean, Eye

  'The Princess' (1847) pt. 4, l. 21, song (added 1850)

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• There is sweet music here that softer falls Than petals from blown roses on the grass.

  Alfred Lord Tennyson

  Sweet, Fall, Rose

  1832 Poems,'The Lotos - Eaters', Choric Song, stanza 1, l.46-51.

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• Science moves, but slowly, slowly, creeping on from point to point. ...
  Yet I doubt not through the ages one increasing purpose runs,
  And the thoughts of men are widened with the process of the suns. ...
  Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers.

  Alfred Lord Tennyson

  Running, Moving, Knowledge

  'Locksley Hall' (1842) l. 137

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• A lie that is half-truth is the darkest of all lies.

  Alfred Lord Tennyson

  Lying, Half, Truth Is

  "The Darkest of All Lies" by Michael L. (Mikey) Weinstein, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 10, 2012.

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• My life has crept so long on a broken wing Through cells of madness, haunts of horror and fear, That I come to be grateful at last for a little thing.

  Alfred Lord Tennyson

  Gratitude, Grateful, Cells

  'Maud' (1855) pt. 3, sect. 6, st. 1

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• God gives us love! Something to love He lends us; but when love is grown To ripeness, that on which it throve Falls off, and love is left alone: This is the curse of time.

  Alfred Lord Tennyson

  Inspirational, Motivational, Suicide

  "Complete Works of Alfred, Lord Tennyson".

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• I found Him in the shining of the stars.

  Alfred Lord Tennyson

  Stars, Shining, Found

  'Idylls of the King' (1842-85) 'The Passing of Arthur' (1869) l. 9

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• Her eyes are homes of silent prayers.

  Alfred Lord Tennyson

  Prayer, Home, Eye

  'In Memoriam A. H. H.' (1850) canto 32

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• Sleep sweetly, tender heart, in peace;Sleep, holy spirit, blessed soul,While the stars burn, the moons increase,And the great ages onward roll. Sleep till the end, true soul and sweet. Nothing comes to thee new or strange. Sleep full of rest from head to feet;Lie still, dry dust, secure of change.

  Alfred Lord Tennyson

  Sweet, Peace, Stars

  Alfred, Lord Tennyson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Alfred, Lord Tennyson (Illustrated)”, p.352, Delphi Classics

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• There has fallen a splendid tear
  From the passion-flower at the gate.
  She is coming, my dove, my dear;
  She is coming, my life, my fate;
  The red rose cries, "She is near, she is near;"
  And the white rose weeps, "She is late;"
  The larkspur listens, "I hear; I hear;"
  And the lily whispers, "I wait."

  Alfred Lord Tennyson

  Life, Flower, Passion

  'Maud' (1855) pt. 1, sect. 22, st. 10

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• I loved you, and my love had no return,
  And therefore my true love has been my death.

  Alfred Lord Tennyson

  Life, Return, I Loved You

  Alfred, Lord Tennyson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Alfred, Lord Tennyson (Illustrated)”, p.1099, Delphi Classics

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• ...and our spirits rushed together at the touching of the lips.

  Alfred Lord Tennyson

  Philosophical, Touching, Together

  'Locksley Hall' (1842) l. 38

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• Cleave ever to the sunnier side of doubt.

  Alfred Lord Tennyson

  War, Doubt, Sides

  'The Ancient Sage' (1885) l. 66

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• There lives more faith in honest doubt, believe me, than in half the creeds.

  Alfred Lord Tennyson

  Inspirational, Faith, Honesty

  'In Memoriam A. H. H.' (1850) canto 96

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• Better not to be at all Than not to be noble.

  Alfred Lord Tennyson

  Noble, Nobility

  Alfred, Lord Tennyson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Alfred, Lord Tennyson (Illustrated)”, p.635, Delphi Classics

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• God made thee good as thou art beautiful.

  Alfred Lord Tennyson

  Beautiful, Art, Goodness

  Lord Alfred Tennyson, “The Holy Grail”

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• Love's too precious to be lost,
  A little grain shall not be spilt.

  Alfred Lord Tennyson

  Life, Littles, Lost

  Alfred, Lord Tennyson (2014). “In Memoriam”, p.86, Broadview Press

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• Music that gentlier on the spirit lies, Than tired eyelids upon tired eyes.

  Alfred Lord Tennyson

  Music, Lying, Tired

  'The Lotos-Eaters' (1832) Choric Song, st. 1

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• The old order changeth, yielding place to new, and god fulfills himself in many ways, lest one good custom should corrupt the world.

  Alfred Lord Tennyson

  Order, World, Way

  Idylls of the King "The Passing of Arthur" l. 408 (1869) See Bailey 1; George H. W. Bush 7; George H. W. Bush 10; George H. W. Bush 12; Martin Luther King 1

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• Men at most differ as Heaven and Earth, but women, worst and best, as Heaven and Hell.

  Alfred Lord Tennyson

  Funny, Women, Heaven

  Alfred, Lord Tennyson (2012). “Idylls of the King”, p.133, Courier Corporation

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• Tis held that sorrow makes us wise.

  Alfred Lord Tennyson

  Wise, Sorrow

  Alfred, Lord Tennyson (2014). “In Memoriam”, p.125, Broadview Press

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