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Page 11
Hard by a poplar shook alway , All silver - green with gnarled bark : For leagues
no other tree did mark The level waste , the rounding gray . She only said , " My
life is dreary , He cometh not , ” she said ; She said , “ I am aweary , aweary , I ...
Hard by a poplar shook alway , All silver - green with gnarled bark : For leagues
no other tree did mark The level waste , the rounding gray . She only said , " My
life is dreary , He cometh not , ” she said ; She said , “ I am aweary , aweary , I ...
Page 19
... And many a sheeny summer - morn , Adown the Tigris I was borne , By Bagdat
' s shrines of fretted gold , High - walled gardens green and old ; True Mussulman
was I and sworn , For it was in the golden prime Of good Haroun Alraschid .
... And many a sheeny summer - morn , Adown the Tigris I was borne , By Bagdat
' s shrines of fretted gold , High - walled gardens green and old ; True Mussulman
was I and sworn , For it was in the golden prime Of good Haroun Alraschid .
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From the green rivage many a fall Of diamond rillets musical , Thro ' little crystal
arches low Down from the central fountain ' s flow Fall ' n silver - chiming , seem '
d to shake The sparkling flints beneath the prow , A goodly place , a goodly time ...
From the green rivage many a fall Of diamond rillets musical , Thro ' little crystal
arches low Down from the central fountain ' s flow Fall ' n silver - chiming , seem '
d to shake The sparkling flints beneath the prow , A goodly place , a goodly time ...
Page 22
Black the garden - bowers and grots Slumber ' d : the solemn palms were ranged
Above , unwoo ' d of summer wind : A sudden splendour from behind Flush ' d all
the leaves with rich gold - green , And , flowing rapidly between Their ...
Black the garden - bowers and grots Slumber ' d : the solemn palms were ranged
Above , unwoo ' d of summer wind : A sudden splendour from behind Flush ' d all
the leaves with rich gold - green , And , flowing rapidly between Their ...
Page 27
Stays on her floating locks the lovely freight Of overflowing blooms , and earliest
shoots Of orient green , giving safe pledge of fruits , Which in wintertide shall star
The black earth with brilliance rare . Whilome thou camest with the morning mist ...
Stays on her floating locks the lovely freight Of overflowing blooms , and earliest
shoots Of orient green , giving safe pledge of fruits , Which in wintertide shall star
The black earth with brilliance rare . Whilome thou camest with the morning mist ...
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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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