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221 WALKING TO THE MAIL . . . . . . . 225 EDWIN MORRIS ; OR , THE LAKE . . . . .
230 · ST . SIMEON STYLITES . . . . . . , 236 THE TALKING OAK . . . . . . . . 245
LOVE AND DUTY . . . . . . . . 258 THE GOLDEN YEAR . . . . . . . . 262 VULYSSES .
221 WALKING TO THE MAIL . . . . . . . 225 EDWIN MORRIS ; OR , THE LAKE . . . . .
230 · ST . SIMEON STYLITES . . . . . . , 236 THE TALKING OAK . . . . . . . . 245
LOVE AND DUTY . . . . . . . . 258 THE GOLDEN YEAR . . . . . . . . 262 VULYSSES .
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... tended by Pure vestal thoughts in the translucent fane Of her still spirit ; locks
not wide - dispread , Madonna - wise on either side her head ; Sweet lips
whereon perpetually did reign The summer calm of golden charity , Were fixed
shadows ...
... tended by Pure vestal thoughts in the translucent fane Of her still spirit ; locks
not wide - dispread , Madonna - wise on either side her head ; Sweet lips
whereon perpetually did reign The summer calm of golden charity , Were fixed
shadows ...
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... 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 . MADELINE . Thou art not steep ' d in golden 14 TO
.
... 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 . MADELINE . Thou art not steep ' d in golden 14 TO
.
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Thou art not steep ' d in golden languors , No tranced summer calm is thine , Ever
varying Madeline . Thro ' light and shadow thou dost range , Sudden glances ,
sweet and strange , Delicious spites and darling angers , And airy forms of flitting
...
Thou art not steep ' d in golden languors , No tranced summer calm is thine , Ever
varying Madeline . Thro ' light and shadow thou dost range , Sudden glances ,
sweet and strange , Delicious spites and darling angers , And airy forms of flitting
...
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... All my bounding heart entanglest In a golden - netted smile ; Then in madness
and in bliss , If my lips should dare to kiss Thy taper fingers amorously , Again
thou blushest angerly ; And o ' er black brows drops down A sudden - curved
frown ...
... All my bounding heart entanglest In a golden - netted smile ; Then in madness
and in bliss , If my lips should dare to kiss Thy taper fingers amorously , Again
thou blushest angerly ; And o ' er black brows drops down A sudden - curved
frown ...
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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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