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I am going a long way With these thou seëst-if indeed I go (For all my mind is clouded with a doubt)- To the island-valley of Avilion, Where falls not hail or rain or any snow, Nor ever wind blows loudly; but it lies

I am going a long way With these thou seëst-if indeed I go (For all my mind is clouded with a doubt)- To the island-valley of Avilion, Where falls not hail or rain or any snow, Nor ever wind blows loudly; but it lies Deep-meadow'd, happy, fair with orchard lawns And bowery hollows crown'd with summer sea, Where I will heal me of my grievous wound.

Alfred Lord Tennyson
Happiness, Summer, Lying
'Idylls of the King' (1842-85) 'The Passing of Arthur' (1869) l. 424

The long day wanes; the slow moon climbs the deep.

Alfred Lord Tennyson
Moon, Long, Long Day
'Ulysses' (1842) l. 44

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?

Alfred Lord Tennyson
Love, Heart, Eye
Alfred, Lord Tennyson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Alfred, Lord Tennyson (Illustrated)”, p.453, Delphi Classics

That loss is common would not make My own less bitter, rather more: Too common! Never morning wore To evening, but some heart did break.

Alfred Lord Tennyson
Morning, Heart, Loss
Alfred Tennyson Tennyson, Baron, Alfred Lord Tennyson (2014). “Fifty Poems”, p.185, Cambridge University Press

Twilight and evening bell, And after that the dark! And may there be no sadness of farewell, When I embark; For though from out our bourne of Time and Place The flood may bear me far, I hope to see my Pilot face to face When I have crossed the bar.

Alfred Lord Tennyson
Time, Twilight, Farewell
'Crossing the Bar' (1889)

Arise, go forth, and conquer as of old.

Alfred Lord Tennyson
Military, Conquer, Arise
Alfred, Lord Tennyson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Alfred, Lord Tennyson (Illustrated)”, p.1178, Delphi Classics

The sin That neither God nor man can well forgive.

Alfred Lord Tennyson
Forgiveness, Men, Forgiving
Alfred, Lord Tennyson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Alfred, Lord Tennyson (Illustrated)”, p.1240, Delphi Classics

Let the great world spin for ever down the ringing grooves of change.

Alfred Lord Tennyson
Inspirational, Change, Science
"Locksley Hall" l. 181 (1842)

One so small Who knowing nothing knows but to obey.

Alfred Lord Tennyson
Knowing Nothing, Knowing, Obedience
Alfred Lord Tennyson (2013). “Idylls of the King”, p.230, Simon and Schuster

I falter where I firmly trod, And falling with my weight of cares Upon the great world's altar-stairs That slope thro' darkness up to God, I stretch lame hands of faith, and grope, And gather dust and chaff, and call To what I feel is Lord of all, And faintly trust the larger hope.

Alfred Lord Tennyson
Fall, Dust, Hands
Alfred, Lord Tennyson (2014). “Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Selected Poetry: A Broadview Anthology of British Literature Edition”, p.135, Broadview Press

Man is man, and master of his fate.

Alfred Lord Tennyson
Fate, Men, Masters
'Idylls of the King' (1842-85) 'The Marriage of Geraint' (1859) l. 355

The long mechanic pacings to and fro, The set, gray life, and apathetic end.

Alfred Lord Tennyson
Life, Long, Mechanic
Alfred, Lord Tennyson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Alfred, Lord Tennyson (Illustrated)”, p.453, Delphi Classics

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.

Alfred Lord Tennyson
Time, Children, Lying
'Come not, when I am dead' (1850)

All experience is an arch wherethrough gleams that untravelled world whose margin fades for ever and for ever when I move.

Alfred Lord Tennyson
Moving On, Experience, World
'Ulysses' (1842) l. 6

O Blackbird! sing me something well: While all the neighbors shoot thee round, I keep smooth plats of fruitful ground, Where thou may'st warble, eat and dwell.

Alfred Lord Tennyson
May, Neighbor, Smooth
Alfred Tennyson Tennyson, Baron, Alfred Lord Tennyson (2014). “Fifty Poems”, p.91, Cambridge University Press

Once in a golden hour, I cast to earth a seed, And up there grew a flower, That others called a weed.

Alfred Lord Tennyson
Weed, Flower, Earth

To love one maiden only, cleave to her, And worship her by years of noble deeds, Until they won her; for indeed I knew Of no more subtle master under heaven Than is the maiden passion for a maid, Not only to keep down the base in man, But teach high thought, and aimable words And courtliness, and the desire of fame, And love of truth, and all that makes man.

Alfred Lord Tennyson
Passion, Men, Years
'Idylls of the King' (1842-85) 'Guinevere' (1859) l. 472

That which we are, we are.

Alfred Lord Tennyson
"Ulysses" l. 65 (1842)

What's up is faith, what's down is heresy.

Alfred Lord Tennyson
Heresy
Alfred, Lord Tennyson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Alfred, Lord Tennyson (Illustrated)”, p.1767, Delphi Classics

And the stately ships go on To their haven under the hill; But O for the touch of a vanished hand, And the sound of a voice that is still!

Alfred Lord Tennyson
Hands, Voice, Sound
"Break, Break, Break" l. 9 (1842)

Sweet were the days when I was all unknown, But when my name was lifted up, the storm Brake on the mountain and I cared not for it. Right well know I that fame is half disfame.

Alfred Lord Tennyson
Sweet, Names, Storm
Alfred, Lord Tennyson (2012). “Idylls of the King”, p.125, Courier Corporation

She sleeps: her breathings are not heard In palace chambers far apart. The fragrant tresses are not stirr'd That lie upon her charmed heart She sleeps: on either hand upswells The gold-fringed pillow lightly prest: She sleeps, nor dreams, but ever dwells A perfect form in perfect rest.

Alfred Lord Tennyson
Dream, Lying, Heart

Nature, red in tooth and claw.

Alfred Lord Tennyson
Nature, Science, Law
In Memoriam canto 56 (1850)

All Life needs for life is possible to will.

Alfred Lord Tennyson
Needs, Life Is
Alfred Tennyson Tennyson, Baron, Alfred Lord Tennyson (2014). “Fifty Poems”, p.151, Cambridge University Press

Sweet and low, sweet and low, Wind of the western sea, Low, low, breathe and blow, Wind of the western sea! Over the rolling waters go, Come from the dying moon, and blow, Blow him again to me; While my little one, while my pretty one, sleeps. Sleep and rest, sleep and rest, Father will come to thee soon; Rest, rest, on mother's breast, Father will come to thee soon; Father will come to his babe in the nest, Silver sails all out of the west Under the silver moon: Sleep, my little one, sleep, my pretty one, sleep.

Alfred Lord Tennyson
Mother, Sweet, Father
'The Princess' (1847) pt. 3, song (added 1850)

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