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Page 7
Eyes not down - dropt nor over bright , but fed With the clear - pointed flame of
chastity , Clear , without heat , undying , tended by Pure vestal thoughts in the
translucent fane Of her still spirit ; locks not wide - dispread , Madonna - wise on
either ...
Eyes not down - dropt nor over bright , but fed With the clear - pointed flame of
chastity , Clear , without heat , undying , tended by Pure vestal thoughts in the
translucent fane Of her still spirit ; locks not wide - dispread , Madonna - wise on
either ...
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Small thought was there of life ' s distress ; For sure she deem ' d no mist of earth
could dull Those spirit - thrilling eyes so keen and beautiful : Sure she was nigher
to heaven ' s spheres , Listening the lordly music flowing from The illimitable ...
Small thought was there of life ' s distress ; For sure she deem ' d no mist of earth
could dull Those spirit - thrilling eyes so keen and beautiful : Sure she was nigher
to heaven ' s spheres , Listening the lordly music flowing from The illimitable ...
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The marvel of the everlasting will , An open scroll , Before him lay : with echoing
feet he threaded The secretest walks of fame : The viewless arrows of his
thoughts were headed And wing ' d with flame , Like Indian reeds blown from his
silver ...
The marvel of the everlasting will , An open scroll , Before him lay : with echoing
feet he threaded The secretest walks of fame : The viewless arrows of his
thoughts were headed And wing ' d with flame , Like Indian reeds blown from his
silver ...
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... of the golden chords Runs up the ridged sea . Who can light on as happy a
shore All the world o ' er , all the world o ' er ? Whither away ? listen and stay :
mariner , mariner , iy THE DESERTED HOUSE , LIFE and Thought have gone
away.
... of the golden chords Runs up the ridged sea . Who can light on as happy a
shore All the world o ' er , all the world o ' er ? Whither away ? listen and stay :
mariner , mariner , iy THE DESERTED HOUSE , LIFE and Thought have gone
away.
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THE DESERTED HOUSE , LIFE and Thought have gone away Side by side ,
Leaving door and windows wide : Careless tenants they ! All within is dark as
night : In the windows is no light ; And no murmur at the door , So frequent on its
hinge ...
THE DESERTED HOUSE , LIFE and Thought have gone away Side by side ,
Leaving door and windows wide : Careless tenants they ! All within is dark as
night : In the windows is no light ; And no murmur at the door , So frequent on its
hinge ...
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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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