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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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Often , where clear - stemm ' d platans guard The outlet , did I turn away The boat
- head down a broad canal From the main river sluiced , where all The sloping of
the moon - lit sward Was damask - work , and deep inlay Of braided blooms ...
Often , where clear - stemm ' d platans guard The outlet , did I turn away The boat
- head down a broad canal From the main river sluiced , where all The sloping of
the moon - lit sward Was damask - work , and deep inlay Of braided blooms ...
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Thcu wilt not turn upon thy bed ; Chaunteth not the brooding bee Sweeter tones
than calumny ? Let them rave . Thou wilt never raise thine head From the green
that folds thy grave . Let them rave . Crocodiles wept tears for thee ; The
woodbine ...
Thcu wilt not turn upon thy bed ; Chaunteth not the brooding bee Sweeter tones
than calumny ? Let them rave . Thou wilt never raise thine head From the green
that folds thy grave . Let them rave . Crocodiles wept tears for thee ; The
woodbine ...
Page 71
Lying , robed in snowy white That loosely flew to left and rightThe leaves upon
her falling lightThro ' the noises of the night She floated down to Camélot : And as
the boat - head wound along The willowy hills and fields among , They heard her
...
Lying , robed in snowy white That loosely flew to left and rightThe leaves upon
her falling lightThro ' the noises of the night She floated down to Camélot : And as
the boat - head wound along The willowy hills and fields among , They heard her
...
Page 79
At the moment of thy birth , From old well - heads of haunted rills , And the hearts
of purple hills , And shadow ' d coves on a sunny shore , The choicest wealth of
all the earth , Jewel or shell , or starry ore , To deck thy cradle , Eleänore . 2 .
At the moment of thy birth , From old well - heads of haunted rills , And the hearts
of purple hills , And shadow ' d coves on a sunny shore , The choicest wealth of
all the earth , Jewel or shell , or starry ore , To deck thy cradle , Eleänore . 2 .
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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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