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The parting of a husband and wife is like the cleaving of a heart; one half will flutter here, one there.

Alfred Lord Tennyson

Husband, Heart, Wife

Alfred Lord Tennyson (1875). “Queen Mary. A Drama”, p.177

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His honour rooted in dishonour stood, And faith unfaithful kept him falsely true.

Alfred Lord Tennyson

Faith, Dishonour, Rooted

'Idylls of the King' (1842-85) 'Lancelot and Elaine' (1859) l. 870

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Dark house, by which once more I stand Here in the long unlovely street, Doors, where my heart was used to beat So quickly, waiting for a hand, A hand that can be clasp'd no more - Behold me, for I cannot sleep, And like a guilty thing I creep At earliest morning to the door. He is not here; but far away The noise of life begins again, And ghastly thro' the drizzling rain On the bald street breaks the blank day.

Alfred Lord Tennyson

Morning, Rain, Heart

'In Memoriam A. H. H.' (1850) canto 7

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Be near me when my light is low... And all the wheels of being slow.

Alfred Lord Tennyson

Inspirational, Death, Light

'In Memoriam A. H. H.' (1850) canto 50

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How many a father have I seen, A sober man, among his boys, Whose youth was full of foolish noise.

Alfred Lord Tennyson

Dad, Father, Boys

Alfred, Lord Tennyson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Alfred, Lord Tennyson (Illustrated)”, p.766, Delphi Classics

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That which we are, we are.

Alfred Lord Tennyson

"Ulysses" l. 65 (1842)

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And blessings on the falling out That all the more endears, When we fall out with those we love And kiss again with tears!

Alfred Lord Tennyson

Fall, Kissing, Blessing

'The Princess' (1847) pt. 2, song (added 1850)

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The mighty hopes that make us men.

Alfred Lord Tennyson

Hope, Men

Alfred, Lord Tennyson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Alfred, Lord Tennyson (Illustrated)”, p.800, Delphi Classics

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Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers, and I linger on the shore, And the individual withers, and the world is more and more.

Alfred Lord Tennyson

World, Individual, Shore

1842 Poems,'Locksley Hall', l.141-2.

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Ring out the false, ring in the true.

Alfred Lord Tennyson

Happy, New Year, Years

In Memoriam canto 106 (1850)

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Thou madest man, he knows not why, he thinks he was not made to die.

Alfred Lord Tennyson

Death, Men, Thinking

'In Memoriam A. H. H.' (1850) prologue

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Man is the hunter; women are the game; those sleek and shining creatures of the chase. We hunt them for the beauty of their skins; they love us for it, and we ride them down.

Alfred Lord Tennyson

Men, Hunting, Games

'The Princess' (1847) pt. 5, l. 147

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Rich in saving common-sense, And, as the greatest only are, In his simplicity sublime.

Alfred Lord Tennyson

Common Sense, Simplicity, Sublime

Alfred Tennyson Tennyson, Baron, Alfred Lord Tennyson (2014). “Fifty Poems”, p.154, Cambridge University Press

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Manners are not idle, but the fruit of loyal and of noble mind.

Alfred Lord Tennyson

Nature, Mind, Noble

Alfred, Lord Tennyson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Alfred, Lord Tennyson (Illustrated)”, p.1167, Delphi Classics

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Better fifty years of Europe than a cycle of Cathay.

Alfred Lord Tennyson

Years, Europe, Fifty

"Locksley Hall" l. 184 (1842)

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And the days darken round me, and the years, Among new men, strange faces, other minds.

Alfred Lord Tennyson

Men, Years, Mind

'Idylls of the King' (1842-85) 'The Passing of Arthur' (1869) l. 405

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Pray for my soul. More things are wrought by prayer Than this world dreams of: Wherefore, let they voice, Rise like a fountain for me night and day.

Alfred Lord Tennyson

Dream, Prayer, Night

'Idylls of the King' (1842-85) 'The Passing of Arthur' (1869) l. 414

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Nor is it wiser to weep a true occasion lost, but trim our sails, and let old bygones be.

Alfred Lord Tennyson

Acceptance, Bygones, Lost

Alfred, Lord Tennyson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Alfred, Lord Tennyson (Illustrated)”, p.656, Delphi Classics

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To me He is all fault who hath no fault at all: For who loves me must have a touch of earth.

Alfred Lord Tennyson

Love, Earth, Faults

'Idylls of the King' (1842-85) 'Lancelot and Elaine' (1859) l. 132

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As the husband is the wife is; thou art mated with a clown, As the grossness of his nature will have weight to drag thee down.

Alfred Lord Tennyson

Art, Husband, Wife

Alfred Tennyson Tennyson, Baron, Alfred Lord Tennyson (2014). “Fifty Poems”, p.115, Cambridge University Press

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Shall eagles not be eagles? wrens be wrens? If all the world were falcons, what of that? The wonder of the eagle were the less, But he not less the eagle.

Alfred Lord Tennyson

Eagles, Wrens, World

Alfred, Lord Tennyson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Alfred, Lord Tennyson (Illustrated)”, p.544, Delphi Classics

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The thrall in person may be free in soul

Alfred Lord Tennyson

Soul, May, Persons

Alfred, Lord Tennyson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Alfred, Lord Tennyson (Illustrated)”, p.954, Delphi Classics

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Never, oh! never, nothing will die; The stream flows, The wind blows, The cloud fleets, The heart beats, Nothing will die.

Alfred Lord Tennyson

Death, Heart, Blow

Alfred, Lord Tennyson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Alfred, Lord Tennyson (Illustrated)”, p.222, Delphi Classics

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And others' follies teach us not,
Nor much their wisdom teaches,
And most, of sterling worth, is what
Our own experience preaches.

Alfred Lord Tennyson

Experience, Teach, Folly

Alfred, Lord Tennyson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Alfred, Lord Tennyson (Illustrated)”, p.510, Delphi Classics

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Man is man, and master of his fate.

Alfred Lord Tennyson

Fate, Men, Masters

'Idylls of the King' (1842-85) 'The Marriage of Geraint' (1859) l. 355

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