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" OLD Yew, which graspest at the stones That name the underlying dead, Thy fibres net the dreamless head, Thy roots are wrapt about the bones. The seasons bring the flower again, And bring the firstling to the flock; And in the dusk of thee, the clock Beats... "
Archaeologia, Or, Miscellaneous Tracts Relating to Antiquity - Page 386
1880
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The Works of Alfred Lord Tennyson

Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1886 - 694 pages
...result of love, and boast, ' Behold the man that loved and lost, But all he was is overworn.' Old Yew, which graspest at the stones That name the under-lying...fibres net the dreamless head, Thy roots are wrapt about the bones. The seasons bring the flower again, And bring the firstling to the flock And in the...
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The Complete Works of Alfred Tennyson

Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1887 - 508 pages
...the iu.ui that loved and lost. But all he was la overworn." Oi,n Tew, which graspest at the ston«* That name the under-lying dead, Thy fibres net the dreamless head, Thy roots are wrapt about the bones. The seasons bring the flower again, And bring the nrstling to the nock ; And in the...
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The Works of Alfred Lord Tennyson, Poet Laureate

Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - Academic achievement - 1889 - 894 pages
...of love, and boast, ' Behold the man that loved and lost, But all he was is overworn.' II. Old Yew, which graspest at the stones That name the under-lying...fibres net the dreamless head, Thy roots are wrapt about the bones. The seasons bring the flower again, And bring the firstling to the flock ; And in...
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The Works of Alfred Lord Tennyson: Poet Laureate

Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1892 - 904 pages
...of Love, and boast, ' Behold the man that loved and lost, But all he was is overworn." IL Old Yew, which graspest at the stones That name the under-lying...fibres net the dreamless head, Thy roots are wrapt about the bones. The seasons bring the flower again, And bring the firstling to the flock; And in the...
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The Works of Alfred Lord Tennyson, Poet Laureate

Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1892 - 896 pages
...of Love, and boast, ' Behold the man that loved and lost, But all he was is overworn.' II. Old Yew, which graspest at the stones That name the under-lying...fibres net the dreamless head, Thy roots are wrapt about the bones. The seasons bring the flower again, And bring the firstling to the flock; And in the...
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A Primer of English Verse: Chiefly in Its Æsthetic and Organic Character

Hiram Corson - English language - 1892 - 250 pages
...transposed. The following stanzas admit of having their third and fourth verses transposed. Old Yew, which graspest at the stones That name the under-lying...fibres net the dreamless head, Thy roots are wrapt about the bones. — ii. I. To-night the winds begin to rise And roar from yonder dropping day : The...
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Tennyson: Poet, Philosopher, Idealist: Studies of the Life, Work, and ...

John Cuming Walters - 1893 - 384 pages
...the solemn tree stands forth in a weird picture, the central and most impressive feature. Old Yew, which graspest at the stones That name the under-lying...fibres net the dreamless head, Thy roots are wrapt about the bones. O not for thee the glow, the bloom, Who changes! not in any gale, Nor branding summer...
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The Witness to Immortality in Literature, Philosophy and Life

George Angier Gordon - Immortality - 1893 - 338 pages
...of grief. The yew-tree, with its " thousand years of gloom," is the symbol of the world. " Old Yew, which graspest at the stones That name the underlying...fibres net the dreamless head, Thy roots are wrapt about the bones. " The seasons bring the flower again, And bring the firstling to the flock ; And in...
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The Book of Elegies

James Baldwin - Elegiac poetry - 1893 - 312 pages
...of love, and boast, " Behold the man that loved and lost, But all he was is overworn." n. Old Yew, which graspest at the stones That name the under-lying...fibres net the dreamless head, Thy roots are wrapt about the bones. The seasons bring the flower again, And bring the firstling to the flock ; And in...
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The Book of Elegies

James Baldwin - Elegiac poetry - 1893 - 312 pages
...result of love, and boast, " Behold the man that loved and lost, But all he was is overworn." Old Yew, which graspest at the stones That name the under-lying...fibres net the dreamless head, Thy roots are wrapt about the bones. The seasons bring the flower again, And bring the firstling to the flock ; And in...
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