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In sweet dreams softer than unbroken rest Thou leddest by the hand thine infant
Hope . The eddying of her garments caught from thee The light of thy great
presence ; and the cope Of the half - attain ' d futurity , Tho ' deep not fathomless ,
Was ...
In sweet dreams softer than unbroken rest Thou leddest by the hand thine infant
Hope . The eddying of her garments caught from thee The light of thy great
presence ; and the cope Of the half - attain ' d futurity , Tho ' deep not fathomless ,
Was ...
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ADELINE . MYSTERY of mysteries , Faintly smiling Adeline , Scarce of earth nor
all divine , Nor unhappy , nor at rest , But beyond expression fair With thy floating
flaxen hair ; Thy rose - lips and full blue eyes Take the heart from out my breast .
ADELINE . MYSTERY of mysteries , Faintly smiling Adeline , Scarce of earth nor
all divine , Nor unhappy , nor at rest , But beyond expression fair With thy floating
flaxen hair ; Thy rose - lips and full blue eyes Take the heart from out my breast .
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A DIRGE Now is done thy long day ' s work ; Fold thy palms across thy breast ,
Fold thine arms , turn to thy rest . Let them rave . Shadows of the silver birk
Sweep the green that folds thy grave . Let them rave . Thee nor carketh care nor
slander ...
A DIRGE Now is done thy long day ' s work ; Fold thy palms across thy breast ,
Fold thine arms , turn to thy rest . Let them rave . Shadows of the silver birk
Sweep the green that folds thy grave . Let them rave . Thee nor carketh care nor
slander ...
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There is no rest for me below , Oriana . When the long dun wolds are ribb ' d with
snow , And loud the Norland whirlwinds blow Oriana , Alone I wander to and fro ,
Oriana . Ere the light on dark was growing , Oriana , At midnight the cock was ...
There is no rest for me below , Oriana . When the long dun wolds are ribb ' d with
snow , And loud the Norland whirlwinds blow Oriana , Alone I wander to and fro ,
Oriana . Ere the light on dark was growing , Oriana , At midnight the cock was ...
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And I would be the girdle About her dainty dainty waist , And her heart would beat
against me , In sorrow and in rest : And I should know if it beat right , I ' d clasp it
round so close and tight . And I would be the necklace , And all day long to fall ...
And I would be the girdle About her dainty dainty waist , And her heart would beat
against me , In sorrow and in rest : And I should know if it beat right , I ' d clasp it
round so close and tight . And I would be the necklace , And all day long to fall ...
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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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