Alfred, Lord Tennyson

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Live pure, speak...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Live pure, speak...

Live pure, speak true, right wrong, follow the King -
Else, wherefore born?


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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: O sweet and...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: O sweet and...

O sweet and far from cliff and scar
The horns of Elfland faintly blowing!


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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Men, my brothers,...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Men, my brothers,...

Men, my brothers, men the workers, ever reaping something new:
That which they have done but earnest of the things...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: O Sorrow, wilt...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: O Sorrow, wilt...

O Sorrow, wilt thou live with me
No casual mistress, but a wife.


Source: In...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Oh for someone...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Oh for someone...

Oh for someone with a heart, head and hand. Whatever they call them, what do I care, aristocrat, democrat, autocrat,...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Love is of...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Love is of...

Love is of the valley, come thou down
And find him.


Source: The Princess, VII,...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Our hoard is...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Our hoard is...

Our hoard is little, but our hearts are great.

Source: Idylls of the King, `The...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Not once or...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Not once or...

Not once or twice in our rough island-story,
The path of duty was the way to glory.


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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: O Swallow, Swallow,...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: O Swallow, Swallow,...

O Swallow, Swallow, flying, flying South,
Fly to her, and fall upon her gilded eaves,
And tell her, tell her,...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Or where the...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Or where the...

Or where the kneeling hamlet drains
The chalice of the grapes of God.


Source: In...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Man is the...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Man is the...

Man is the hunter; woman is his game:
The sleek and shining creatures of the chase,
We hunt them for the beauty...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Self-reverence, self-knowledge, self-control....

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Self-reverence, self-knowledge, self-control....

Self-reverence, self-knowledge, self-control. These three alone lead life to sovereign...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Oh teach me...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Oh teach me...

Oh teach me yet
Somewhat before the heavy clod
Weighs on me, and the busy fret
Of that sharp-headed worm...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: O hard, when...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: O hard, when...

O hard, when love and duty clash!

Source: The Princess, II, 273
-- Alfred, Lord...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Our island home<br>Is...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Our island home<br>Is...

Our island home
Is far beyond the wave; we will no longer roam.


Source: The...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: My purpose holds&lt;br&gt;To...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: My purpose holds<br>To...

My purpose holds
To sail beyond the sunset, and the baths
Of all the western stars, until I die.
It may be...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Shape your heart...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Shape your heart...

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

Source:...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: On the bald...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: On the bald...

On the bald street breaks the blank day.

Source: In Memoriam, 7 (Note: the stanza...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: O tell her,...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: O tell her,...

O tell her, brief is life but love is long.

Source: The Princess, IV
-- Alfred,...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Our loyal passion...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Our loyal passion...

Our loyal passion for our temperate kings.

Source: Ode on the Death of the Duke of...

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