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Page 55
They should have stabb ' d me where I lay , Oriana | How could I rise and come
away , Oriana ? How could I look upon the day ? They should have stabb ' d me
where I lay , OrianaThey should have trod me into clay , Oriana . O breaking heart
...
They should have stabb ' d me where I lay , Oriana | How could I rise and come
away , Oriana ? How could I look upon the day ? They should have stabb ' d me
where I lay , OrianaThey should have trod me into clay , Oriana . O breaking heart
...
Page 92
And I would be the necklace , And all day long to fall and rise Upon her balmy
bosom , With her laughter or her sighs , And I would lie so light , so light , I scarce
should be unclasp ' d at night , A trifle , sweet ! which true love spellsTrue love
THE ...
And I would be the necklace , And all day long to fall and rise Upon her balmy
bosom , With her laughter or her sighs , And I would lie so light , so light , I scarce
should be unclasp ' d at night , A trifle , sweet ! which true love spellsTrue love
THE ...
Page 102
Then first I heard the voice of her , to whom Coming thro ' Heaven , like a light that
grows Larger and clearer , with one mind the Gods Rise up for reverence . / She
to Paris made Proffer of royal power , ample rule Unquestion ' d , overflowing ...
Then first I heard the voice of her , to whom Coming thro ' Heaven , like a light that
grows Larger and clearer , with one mind the Gods Rise up for reverence . / She
to Paris made Proffer of royal power , ample rule Unquestion ' d , overflowing ...
Page 108
I will rise and go Down into Troy , and ere the stars come forth Talk with the wild
Cassandra , for she says A fire dances before her , and a sound Rings ever in her
ears of armed men . What this may be I know not , but I know That , wheresoe ...
I will rise and go Down into Troy , and ere the stars come forth Talk with the wild
Cassandra , for she says A fire dances before her , and a sound Rings ever in her
ears of armed men . What this may be I know not , but I know That , wheresoe ...
Page 114
So that she thought , “ And who shall gaze upon My palace with unblinded eyes ,
While this great bow will waver in the sun , And that sweet incense rise ? ” For
that sweet incense rose and never fail ' d , And , while day sank or mounted
higher ...
So that she thought , “ And who shall gaze upon My palace with unblinded eyes ,
While this great bow will waver in the sun , And that sweet incense rise ? ” For
that sweet incense rose and never fail ' d , And , while day sank or mounted
higher ...
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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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