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The intuitive decision of a bright And thorough - edged intellect to part Error from
crime ; a prudence to withhold The laws of marriage character ' d in gold Upon
the blanched tablets of her heart ; A love still burning upward , giving light To
read ...
The intuitive decision of a bright And thorough - edged intellect to part Error from
crime ; a prudence to withhold The laws of marriage character ' d in gold Upon
the blanched tablets of her heart ; A love still burning upward , giving light To
read ...
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The mellow ' d reflex of a winter moon ; A clear stream flowing with a muddy one ,
Till in its onward current it absorbs With swifter movement and in purer light The
vexed eddies of its wayward brother : A leaning and upbearing parasite ...
The mellow ' d reflex of a winter moon ; A clear stream flowing with a muddy one ,
Till in its onward current it absorbs With swifter movement and in purer light The
vexed eddies of its wayward brother : A leaning and upbearing parasite ...
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Upon the middle of the night , Waking she heard the night - fowl crow : The cock
sung out an hour ere light : From the dark fen the oxen ' s low Came to her :
without hope of change , In sleep she seem ' d to walk forlorn , Till cold winds
woke ...
Upon the middle of the night , Waking she heard the night - fowl crow : The cock
sung out an hour ere light : From the dark fen the oxen ' s low Came to her :
without hope of change , In sleep she seem ' d to walk forlorn , Till cold winds
woke ...
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... Until she be an athlete bold , And weary with a finger ' s touch Those 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
...
... Until she be an athlete bold , And weary with a finger ' s touch Those 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
...
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Thro ' light and shadow thou dost range , Sudden glances , sweet and strange ,
Delicious spites and darling angers , And airy forms of flitting change . Smiling ,
frowning , evermore , Thou art perfect in love - lore . Revealings deep and clear ...
Thro ' light and shadow thou dost range , Sudden glances , sweet and strange ,
Delicious spites and darling angers , And airy forms of flitting change . Smiling ,
frowning , evermore , Thou art perfect in love - lore . Revealings deep and clear ...
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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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