Alfred, Lord Tennyson quotes - page 11

Because right is right, to follow right Were wisdom in the scorn of consequence. (Alfred, Lord Tennyson)
Wearing the white flower of a blameless life, Before a thousand peering littlenesses, In that fierce light which beats upon a throne, And blackens every blot. View quote
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But the jingling of the guinea helps the hurt that Honour feels. View quote
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O Love they die in yon rich sky, They faint on hill or field or river Our echoes roll from soul to soul, And grow forever and forever. Blow, bugle, blow set the wild echoes flying And answer, echoes, answer dying, dying, dying. View quote
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... More things are wrought by prayer Than this world dreams of. Wherefore let thy voice Rise like a fountain for me night and day. For what are men better than sheeps or goats That nourish a blind life within the brain, If, knowing God, they lift not hands of prayer Not only for themselves but for those who call them friend For so this whole round earth is every way Bound by gold chains about the feet of God. View quote
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I built my soul a lordly pleasure-house, Wherein at ease for aye to dwell. View quote
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This truth within thy mind rehearse, That in a boundless universe Is boundless better, boundless worse. View quote
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All in the valley of death Rode the six hundred. View quote
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After-dinner talk; Across the walnuts and the wine. View quote
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Flower in the crannied wall, I pluck you out of the crannies, I hold you here, root and all, in my hand, Little flower-but if I could understand What you are, root and all, all in all, I should know what God and man is. View quote
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Love took up the harp of Life, and smote on all the chords with might Smote the chord of Self, that, trembling, pass'd in music out of sight. (Alfred, Lord Tennyson)
He that wrongs a friend Wrongs himself more, and ever bears about A silent court of justice in his breast, Himself the judge and jury, and himself The prisoner at the bar ever condemned. View quote
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The folly of all follies is to be love sick for a shadow. View quote
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With a little hoard of maxims preaching down a daughter's heart. View quote
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No life that breathes with human breath Has ever truly longed for death. View quote
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The woman's cause is man's they rise or sink; Together. View quote
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Queen rose of the rosebud garden of girls. View quote
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But the churchmen fain would kill their church, As the churches have kill'd their Christ. View quote
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Every moment dies a man, Every moment one is born. View quote
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Of old sat Freedom on the heights The thunders breaking at her feet Above her shook the starry lights She heard the torrents meet. View quote
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Sweet is every sound, Sweeter thy voice, but every sound is sweet Myriads of rivulets hurrying thro' the lawn, The moan of doves in immemorial elms, And murmuring of innumerable bees. (Alfred, Lord Tennyson)
Gorgonised me from head to foot, With a stony British stare. View quote
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Our hoard is little, but our hearts are great. View quote
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And in her raiment's hem was traced in flame WISDOM, a name to shake All evil dreams of power - a sacred name. View quote
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Theirs not to make reply, Theirs not to reason why, Theirs but to do and die: Into the valley of death Rode the six hundred. View quote
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