Alfred Lord Tennyson Quotes About Music

Quotes about: Music

• It is the little rift within the lute That by and by will make the music mute, And ever widening slowly silence all.

  Alfred Lord Tennyson

  Music, Silence, Rift

  'Idylls of the King' (1842-85) 'Merlin and Vivien' (1859) l. 388

• The city is built To music, therefore never built at all, And therefore built forever.

  Alfred Lord Tennyson

  Music, Cities, Piano

  'Idylls of the King' (1842-85) 'Gareth and Lynette' (1872) l. 272

• Music that gentlier on the spirit lies, Than tired eyelids upon tired eyes.

  Alfred Lord Tennyson

  Music, Lying, Tired

  'The Lotos-Eaters' (1832) Choric Song, st. 1

• The song that nerves a nation's heart is in itself a deed.

  Alfred Lord Tennyson

  Music, Song, Heart

  Alfred, Lord Tennyson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Alfred, Lord Tennyson (Illustrated)”, p.1404, Delphi Classics

• I do but sing because I must; and pipe but as the linnets sing.

  Alfred Lord Tennyson

  Music, Singing, Pipe

  Alfred, Lord Tennyson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Alfred, Lord Tennyson (Illustrated)”, p.734, Delphi Classics

• Sweet is every sound, Sweeter thy voice, but every sound is sweet; Myriads of rivulets hurrying thro' the lawn, The moans of doves in immemorial elms, And murmuring of innumerable bees.

  Alfred Lord Tennyson

  Music, Sweet, Voice

  'The Princess' (1847) pt. 7, l. 203, song (added 1850)

• For now the poet cannot die, Nor leave his music as of old, But round him ere he scarce be cold Begins the scandal and the cry.

  Alfred Lord Tennyson

  Music, Scandal, Cold

  Alfred, Lord Tennyson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Alfred, Lord Tennyson (Illustrated)”, p.2758, Delphi Classics

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