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Page 11
... I would that I were dead ! ” All day within the dreamy house , The doors upon
their hinges creak ' d ; The blue fly sung in the pane ; the mouse Behind the
mouldering wainscot shriek ' d , Or from the crevice peer ' d about . Old MARIANA
.
... I would that I were dead ! ” All day within the dreamy house , The doors upon
their hinges creak ' d ; The blue fly sung in the pane ; the mouse Behind the
mouldering wainscot shriek ' d , Or from the crevice peer ' d about . Old MARIANA
.
Page 12
Old faces glimmer ' d thro ' the doors , Old footsteps trod the upper floors , Old
voices called her from without . She only said , “ My life is dreary , He cometh not ,
” she said ; She said , “ I am aweary , aweary , I would that I were dead !
Old faces glimmer ' d thro ' the doors , Old footsteps trod the upper floors , Old
voices called her from without . She only said , “ My life is dreary , He cometh not ,
” she said ; She said , “ I am aweary , aweary , I would that I were dead !
Page 19
... golden prime Of good Haroun Alraschid . Anight my shallop , rustling thro ' The
low and bloomed foliage , drove The fragrant , glistening deeps , and clove The
citron - shadows in the blue : By garden porches on the brim , The costly doors 02
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... golden prime Of good Haroun Alraschid . Anight my shallop , rustling thro ' The
low and bloomed foliage , drove The fragrant , glistening deeps , and clove The
citron - shadows in the blue : By garden porches on the brim , The costly doors 02
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Page 20
By garden porches on the brim , The costly doors flung open wide , Gold glittering
thro ' lamplight dim , And broider ' d sofas on each side : In sooth it was a goodly
time , For it was in the golden prime Of good Haroun Alraschid . Often , where ...
By garden porches on the brim , The costly doors flung open wide , Gold glittering
thro ' lamplight dim , And broider ' d sofas on each side : In sooth it was a goodly
time , For it was in the golden prime Of good Haroun Alraschid . Often , where ...
Page 23
With dazed vision unawares From the long alley ' s latticed shade Emerged , I
came upon the great Pavilion of the Caliphat . Right to the carven cedarn doors ,
Flung inward over spangled floors , Broad - baséd flights of marble stairs Ran up
...
With dazed vision unawares From the long alley ' s latticed shade Emerged , I
came upon the great Pavilion of the Caliphat . Right to the carven cedarn doors ,
Flung inward over spangled floors , Broad - baséd flights of marble stairs Ran up
...
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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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