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PLEVERED , beloved — o you that hold A nobler office upon earth Than arms , or
power of brain , or birth Could give the warrior kings of old , Victoria , — since
your Royal grace To one of less desert allows This laurel greener from the brows
...
PLEVERED , beloved — o you that hold A nobler office upon earth Than arms , or
power of brain , or birth Could give the warrior kings of old , Victoria , — since
your Royal grace To one of less desert allows This laurel greener from the brows
...
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Stays on her floating locks the lovely freight Of overflowing blooms , and earliest
shoots Of orient green , giving safe pledge of fruits , Which in wintertide shall star
The black earth with brilliance rare . Whilome thou camest with the morning mist ...
Stays on her floating locks the lovely freight Of overflowing blooms , and earliest
shoots Of orient green , giving safe pledge of fruits , Which in wintertide shall star
The black earth with brilliance rare . Whilome thou camest with the morning mist ...
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Of the thick - fleeced sheep from wattled folds , Upon the ridged wolds , When the
first matin - song hath waken ' d loud Over the dark dewy earth forlorn , What time
the amber morn Forth gushes from beneath a low - hung cloud . Large dowries ...
Of the thick - fleeced sheep from wattled folds , Upon the ridged wolds , When the
first matin - song hath waken ' d loud Over the dark dewy earth forlorn , What time
the amber morn Forth gushes from beneath a low - hung cloud . Large dowries ...
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... At his work you may hear him sob and sigh In the walks ; Earthward he boweth
the heavy stalks Of the mouldering flowers : Heavily hangs the broad sunflower
Over its grave i ' the earth so chilly ; Heavily hangs the hollyhock , Heavily hangs
...
... At his work you may hear him sob and sigh In the walks ; Earthward he boweth
the heavy stalks Of the mouldering flowers : Heavily hangs the broad sunflower
Over its grave i ' the earth so chilly ; Heavily hangs the hollyhock , Heavily hangs
...
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... of box beneath , And the year ' s last rose . Heavily hangs the broad sunflower
Over its grave i ' the earth so chilly ; Heavily hangs the hollyhock , Heavily hangs
the tiger - lily . ADELINE . MYSTERY of mysteries , Faintly smiling Adeline , 32.
... of box beneath , And the year ' s last rose . Heavily hangs the broad sunflower
Over its grave i ' the earth so chilly ; Heavily hangs the hollyhock , Heavily hangs
the tiger - lily . ADELINE . MYSTERY of mysteries , Faintly smiling Adeline , 32.
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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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