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Page 9
The broken sheds look ' d sad and strange : Unlifted was the clinking latch ;
Weeded and worn the ancient thatch Upon the lonely moated grange . She only
said , “ My life is dreary , He cometh not , ” she said ; She said , “ I am aweary ,
aweary ...
The broken sheds look ' d sad and strange : Unlifted was the clinking latch ;
Weeded and worn the ancient thatch Upon the lonely moated grange . She only
said , “ My life is dreary , He cometh not , ” she said ; She said , “ I am aweary ,
aweary ...
Page 24
The fourscore windows all alight As with the quintessence of flame , A million
tapers flaring bright From twisted silvers look ' d to shame The hollow - vaulted
dark , and stream ' d Upon the mooned domes aloof In inmost Bagdat , till there
seem ...
The fourscore windows all alight As with the quintessence of flame , A million
tapers flaring bright From twisted silvers look ' d to shame The hollow - vaulted
dark , and stream ' d Upon the mooned domes aloof In inmost Bagdat , till there
seem ...
Page 33
Wherefore those dim looks of thine , Shadowy , dreaming Adeline ? Whence that
aery bloom of thine , Like a lily which the sun Looks thro ' in his sad decline , And
a rose - bush leans upon , Thou that faintly smilest still , As a Naiad in a well ...
Wherefore those dim looks of thine , Shadowy , dreaming Adeline ? Whence that
aery bloom of thine , Like a lily which the sun Looks thro ' in his sad decline , And
a rose - bush leans upon , Thou that faintly smilest still , As a Naiad in a well ...
Page 34
Hast thou look ' d upon the breath Of the lilies at sunrise ? . Wherefore that faint
smile of thine , Shadowy , dreaming Adeline ? Some honey - converse feeds thy
mind , Some spirit of a crimson rose In love with thee forgets to close His curtains
...
Hast thou look ' d upon the breath Of the lilies at sunrise ? . Wherefore that faint
smile of thine , Shadowy , dreaming Adeline ? Some honey - converse feeds thy
mind , Some spirit of a crimson rose In love with thee forgets to close His curtains
...
Page 35
... Breathing Light against thy face , While his locks a - drooping twined Round thy
neck in subtle ring Make a carcanet of rays , And ye talk together still , In the
language wherewith Spring Letters cowslips on the hill ? Hence that look and
smile ...
... Breathing Light against thy face , While his locks a - drooping twined Round thy
neck in subtle ring Make a carcanet of rays , And ye talk together still , In the
language wherewith Spring Letters cowslips on the hill ? Hence that look and
smile ...
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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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