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Page 9
... aweary , I would that I were dead ! ” Her tears fell with the dews at even ; Her
tears fell ere the dews were dried ; She could not look on the sweet heaven ,
Either at morn or eventide . After the fitting of the bats , When thickest dark
MARIANA ...
... aweary , I would that I were dead ! ” Her tears fell with the dews at even ; Her
tears fell ere the dews were dried ; She could not look on the sweet heaven ,
Either at morn or eventide . After the fitting of the bats , When thickest dark
MARIANA ...
Page 14
... writhed limbs of lightning speed ; Like that strange angel which of old , Until the
breaking of the light , Wrestled with wandering Israel , Past Yabbok brook the
livelong night , And heaven ' s mazed signs stood still In the dim tract of Penuel .
... writhed limbs of lightning speed ; Like that strange angel which of old , Until the
breaking of the light , Wrestled with wandering Israel , Past Yabbok brook the
livelong night , And heaven ' s mazed signs stood still In the dim tract of Penuel .
Page 27
Small thought was there of life ' s distress ; For sure she deem ' d no mist of earth
could dull Those spirit - thrilling eyes so keen and beautiful : Sure she was nigher
to heaven ' s spheres , Listening the lordly music flowing from The illimitable ...
Small thought was there of life ' s distress ; For sure she deem ' d no mist of earth
could dull Those spirit - thrilling eyes so keen and beautiful : Sure she was nigher
to heaven ' s spheres , Listening the lordly music flowing from The illimitable ...
Page 39
Heaven flow ' d upon the soul in many dreams Of high desire . Thus truth was
multiplied on truth , the world Like one great garden show ' d . And thro ' the
wreaths of floating dark upcurld , Rare sunrise flow ' d . And Freedom reard in that
...
Heaven flow ' d upon the soul in many dreams Of high desire . Thus truth was
multiplied on truth , the world Like one great garden show ' d . And thro ' the
wreaths of floating dark upcurld , Rare sunrise flow ' d . And Freedom reard in that
...
Page 42
... Ever brightening With a low melodious thunder ; All day and all night it is ever
drawn From the brain of the purple mountain Which stands in the distance yonder
: It springs on a level of bowery lawn , And the mountain draws it from Heaven ...
... Ever brightening With a low melodious thunder ; All day and all night it is ever
drawn From the brain of the purple mountain Which stands in the distance yonder
: It springs on a level of bowery lawn , And the mountain draws it from Heaven ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Poems |
| Author | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson |
| Publisher | C. Kegan Paul, 1878 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 23 Jan 2009 |
| Length | 379 pages |
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