Alfred Tennyson
England
6 Aug 1809 // 6 Oct 1892
Poeta
6 Aug 1809 // 6 Oct 1892
Poeta
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It becomes no man to nurse despair, but, in the teeth of clenched antagonisms, to follow up the worthiest till he die.
That a lie which is all a lie may be met and fought with outright,
But a lie which is part a truth is a harder matter to fight.
But a lie which is part a truth is a harder matter to fight.
The Grandmother
Speak to Him thou for He hears, and Spirit with Spirit
can meet
Closer is He than breathing, and nearer than hands and
feet.
can meet
Closer is He than breathing, and nearer than hands and
feet.
The Higher Pantheism
Yet I doubt not through the ages one increasing purpose runs,
And the thoughts of men are widen'd with the process of the suns.
And the thoughts of men are widen'd with the process of the suns.
In the spring a livelier iris changes on the burnish'd dove;
In the spring a young man's fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love.
In the spring a young man's fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love.
Locksley Hall
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.
Nor leave his music as of old,
But round him ere he scarce be cold
Begins the scandal and the cry.
After reading a Life and Letters
Howe'er it be it seems to me,
'Tis only noble to be good;
Kind hearts are more than coronets,
And simple faith than Norman blood.
'Tis only noble to be good;
Kind hearts are more than coronets,
And simple faith than Norman blood.
He will hold thee, when his passion shall have spent its novel force, Something better than his dog, a little dearer than his horse.
Of love that never found his earthly close,
What sequel? Streaming eyes and breaking hearts;
Or all the same as if he had not been?
What sequel? Streaming eyes and breaking hearts;
Or all the same as if he had not been?
Love and Duty
And statesmen at her council met
Who knew the seasons, when to take
Occasion by the hand, and make
The bounds of freedom wider yet.
Who knew the seasons, when to take
Occasion by the hand, and make
The bounds of freedom wider yet.
To the Queen
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