Poems |
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Page 10
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 ...
Page 17
WHEN cats run home and light is come , And dew is cold upon the ground , And
the fer - off stream is dumb , And the whirring sail goes round , And the whirring
sail goes round ; Alone and warming his five wits , The white owl in the belfry sits
.
WHEN cats run home and light is come , And dew is cold upon the ground , And
the fer - off stream is dumb , And the whirring sail goes round , And the whirring
sail goes round ; Alone and warming his five wits , The white owl in the belfry sits
.
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Of a maiden past away , Ere the placid lips be cold ? Wherefore those faint smiles
of thine , Spiritual Adeline ? What hope or fear or joy is thine ? Who talketh with
thee , Adeline ? For sure thou art not all alone : Do beating hearts of salient ...
Of a maiden past away , Ere the placid lips be cold ? Wherefore those faint smiles
of thine , Spiritual Adeline ? What hope or fear or joy is thine ? Who talketh with
thee , Adeline ? For sure thou art not all alone : Do beating hearts of salient ...
Page 37
With lips depress ' d as he were meek , Himself unto himself he sold : Upon
himself himself did feed : Quiet , dispassionate , and cold , And other than his
form of creed , With chiselld features clear and sleek . THE POET . The poet in a
golden ...
With lips depress ' d as he were meek , Himself unto himself he sold : Upon
himself himself did feed : Quiet , dispassionate , and cold , And other than his
form of creed , With chiselld features clear and sleek . THE POET . The poet in a
golden ...
Page 47
Ever the weary wind went on , And took the reed - tops as it went , Some blue
peaks in the distance rose , And white against the cold - white sky , Shone out
their crowning snows , One willow over the river wept , And shook the wave as
the ...
Ever the weary wind went on , And took the reed - tops as it went , Some blue
peaks in the distance rose , And white against the cold - white sky , Shone out
their crowning snows , One willow over the river wept , And shook the wave as
the ...
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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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