Alfred, Lord Tennyson quotes - page 3

Rich in saving common-sense, And, as the greatest only are, In his simplicity sublime. (Alfred, Lord Tennyson)
Twilight and evening bell, and after that the dark! And may there be no sadness of farewell when I embark. View quote
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Come not, when I am dead, To drop thy foolish tears upon my grave, To trample round my fallen head, And vex the unhappy dust thou wouldst not save. There let the wind sweep and the plover cry; But thou, go by. Child, if it were thine error or thy crime I care no longer, being all unblest; Wed whom thou wilt, but I am sick of Time, And I desire to rest. Pass on, weak heart, and leave me where I lie: Go by, go by. View quote
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From yon blue heaven above us bent, The grand old gardener and his wife Smile at the claims of long descent. View quote
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This gray spirit yearning in desire; To follow knowledge like a sinking star, Beyond the utmost bound of human thought. View quote
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How dull it is to pause, to make an end, To rust unburnish'd, not to shine in use, As tho' to breathe were life. View quote
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Love lieth deep; Love dwells not in lip-depths. View quote
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Break, break, break, On thy cold gray stones, O Sea! And I would that my tongue could utter The thoughts that arise in me. View quote
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Evolution ever climbing after some ideal good And Reversion ever dragging Evolution in the mud. View quote
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Nor is he the wisest man who never proved himself a fool. View quote
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The song that nerves a nation's heart Is in itself a deed. (Alfred, Lord Tennyson)
And draw them all along, and flow To join the brimming river, For men may come and men may go, But I go on forever. View quote
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She is coming, my own, my sweet; Were it ever so airy a tread, My heart would hear her and beat, Were it earth in an earthy bed; My dust would hear her and beat, Had I lain for a century dead; Would start and tremble under her feet, And blossom in purple and red. View quote
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No man ever got very high by pulling other people down. The intelligent merchant does not knock his competitors. The sensible worker does not work those who work with him. Don't knock your friends. Don't knock your enemies. Don't knock yourself. View quote
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But oh for the touch of a vanish'd hand, And the sound of a voice that is still. View quote
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Where love could walk with banish'd Hope no more. View quote
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Old men must die, or the world would grow mouldy, would only breed the past again. View quote
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Trust me, Clara Vere de Vere, From yon blue heavens above us bent The gardener Adam and his wife Smile at the claims of long descent. 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. View quote
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Is there evil but on earth? Or pain in every peopled sphere? Well, be grateful for the sounding watchword "Evolution" here. View quote
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Love is the only gold. View quote
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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. (Alfred, Lord Tennyson)
A smile abroad is often a scowl at home. View quote
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On either side the river lie; Long fields of barley and of rye, That clothe the wold and meet the sky; And thro' the field the road runs by; To many-tower'd Camelot. View quote
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Broad based upon her people's will, And compassed by the inviolate sea. View quote
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More black than ash-buds in the front of March. View quote
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