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A simple maiden in her flower, Is worth a hundred coats of arms.

A simple maiden in her flower, Is worth a hundred coats of arms.

Alfred Lord Tennyson
Women, Flower, Simple
Alfred Tennyson Tennyson, Baron, Alfred Lord Tennyson (2014). “Fifty Poems”, p.73, Cambridge University Press

And oft I heard the tender dove In firry woodlands making moan.

Alfred Lord Tennyson
Dove, Heard, Woodland
Alfred Tennyson Tennyson, Baron, Alfred Lord Tennyson (2014). “Fifty Poems”, p.46, Cambridge University Press

The wind sounds like a silver wire, And from beyond the noon a fire Is pour'd upon the hills, and nigher The skies stoop down in their desire; And, isled in sudden seas of light, My heart, pierced thro' with fierce delight, Bursts into blossom in his sight.

Alfred Lord Tennyson
Heart, Fire, Light
Alfred, Lord Tennyson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Alfred, Lord Tennyson (Illustrated)”, p.295, Delphi Classics

There is always change, bad customs pass and give way to better ones.

Alfred Lord Tennyson
Giving, Way, Tradition

I cannot rest from travel: I will drink Life to the lees: all times I have enjoyed Greatly, have suffered greatly, both with those That loved me, and alone.

Alfred Lord Tennyson
Drink, All Time, Enjoyed
'Ulysses' (1842) l. 6

Woman is the lesser man.

Alfred Lord Tennyson
Women, Men
Alfred Tennyson Tennyson, Baron, Alfred Lord Tennyson (2014). “Fifty Poems”, p.121, Cambridge University Press

The bearing and the training of a child Is woman's wisdom.

Alfred Lord Tennyson
Children, Motherhood, Training
Alfred, Lord Tennyson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Alfred, Lord Tennyson (Illustrated)”, p.679, Delphi Classics

Every man at time of Death, Would fain set forth some saying that may live After his death and better humankind; For death gives life's last word a power to live, And, lie the stone-cut epitaph, remain After the vanished voice, and speak to men.

Alfred Lord Tennyson
Death, Lying, Cutting
Alfred Lord Tennyson (1875). “Queen Mary. A Drama”, p.204

Sunset and evening star, And one clear call for me! And may there be no moaning of the bar When I put out to sea.

Alfred Lord Tennyson
Death, Stars, Sunset
'Crossing the Bar' (1889)

We needs must love the highest when we see it.

Alfred Lord Tennyson
Happiness, Needs, Highest
'Idylls of the King' (1842-85) 'Guinevere' (1859) l. 652

So dear a life your arms enfold, Whose crying is a cry for gold.

Alfred Lord Tennyson
Life, Gold, Arms
Alfred, Lord Tennyson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Alfred, Lord Tennyson (Illustrated)”, p.916, Delphi Classics

Nature, so far as in her lies, imitates God.

Alfred Lord Tennyson
Lying
Lord Alfred Tennyson (2012). “Tennyson: Poems”, p.201, Everyman's Library

I cannot rest from travel; I will drink Life to the lees.

Alfred Lord Tennyson
Life, Drink
"Ulysses" l. 6 (1842)

Come, my friends Tis not too late to seek a newer world Push off, and sitting well in order smite The sounding furrows; for my purpose holds To sail beyond the sunset and the baths Of all the western stars, until I die

Alfred Lord Tennyson
Stars, Sunset, Order
'Ulysses' (1842) l. 44

But thy strong Hours indignant work’d their wills, And beat me down and marr’d and wasted me, And tho’ they could not end me, left me maim’d To dwell in presence of immortal youth, Immortal age beside immortal youth, And all I was, in ashes. - Tithonus

Alfred Lord Tennyson
Strong, Age, Ashes
Alfred, Lord Tennyson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Alfred, Lord Tennyson (Illustrated)”, p.1255, Delphi Classics

Let observation with extended observation observe extensively.

Alfred Lord Tennyson
Travel, Observation
"Alfred Lord Tennyson: A Memoir By His Son, Volume II". Book by Hallam Tennyson, 2nd Baron Tennyson (p. 73), 1897.

Men, my brothers, men the workers, ever reaping something new.

Alfred Lord Tennyson
Brother, Men, Something New
'Locksley Hall' (1842) l. 117

I grow in worth, and wit, and sense, Unboding critic-pen, Or that eternal want of pence, Which vexes public men.

Alfred Lord Tennyson
Men, Vex, Want
'Will Waterproof's Lyrical Monologue' (1842) st. 6

In words, like weeds, I'll wrap me o'er, Like coarsest clothes against the cold

Alfred Lord Tennyson
Weed, Clothes, Cold
Alfred, Lord Tennyson (2014). “Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Selected Poetry: A Broadview Anthology of British Literature Edition”, p.98, Broadview Press

As she fled fast through sun and shade The happy winds upon her play'd, Blowing the ringlet from the braid.

Alfred Lord Tennyson
Happiness, Wind, Play
Alfred, Lord Tennyson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Alfred, Lord Tennyson (Illustrated)”, p.521, Delphi Classics

Through the ages one increasing purpose runs.

Alfred Lord Tennyson
Running, Age, Purpose
'Locksley Hall' (1842) l. 137

Better not be at all than not be noble.

Alfred Lord Tennyson
Noble, Human Nature
Alfred, Lord Tennyson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Alfred, Lord Tennyson (Illustrated)”, p.635, Delphi Classics

Full knee-deep lies the winter snow, And the winter winds are wearily sighing: Toll ye the church bell sad and slow, And tread softly and speak low, For the old year lies a-dying. Old year you must not die; You came to us so readily, You lived with us so steadily, Old year you shall not die.

Alfred Lord Tennyson
Lying, Winter, Church Bells
Alfred, Lord Tennyson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Alfred, Lord Tennyson (Illustrated)”, p.348, Delphi Classics

For every worm beneath the moon Draws different threads, and late and soon Spins, toiling out his own cocoon.

Alfred Lord Tennyson
Moon, Different, Cocoons
Alfred, Lord Tennyson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Alfred, Lord Tennyson (Illustrated)”, p.474, Delphi Classics

The night comes on that knows not morn, When I shall cease to be all alone, To live forgotten, and love forlorn.

Alfred Lord Tennyson
Death, Night, And Love
Alfred, Lord Tennyson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Alfred, Lord Tennyson (Illustrated)”, p.283, Delphi Classics

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