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Is there evil but on earth? Or pain in every peopled sphere?
Well, be grateful for the sounding watchword "Evolution" here.

Alfred Lord Tennyson

Pain, Grateful, People

"Locksley Hall Sixty Years After". Pome by Alfred Lord Tennyson, 1886.

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Men, my brothers, men the workers, ever reaping something new, That which they have done but earnest of the things which they shall do.

Alfred Lord Tennyson

Brother, Men, Done

'Locksley Hall' (1842) l. 117

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In the afternoon they came unto a land
In which it seemed always afternoon.
All round the coast the languid air did swoon,
Breathing like one that hath a weary dream.

Alfred Lord Tennyson

Dream, Air, Land

1832 Poems,'The Lotos - Eaters', l.1-6.

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And o'er the hills, and far away Beyond their utmost purple rim, Beyond the night, across the day, Thro' all the world she follow'd him.

Alfred Lord Tennyson

Night, Purple, World

Alfred Tennyson Tennyson, Baron, Alfred Lord Tennyson (2014). “Fifty Poems”, p.130, Cambridge University Press

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Ah, why Should life all labour be?

Alfred Lord Tennyson

Life, Should, Labour

'The Lotos-Eaters' (1832) Choric Song, st. 4

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This truth within thy mind rehearse, That in a boundless universe Is boundless better, boundless worse.

Alfred Lord Tennyson

Truth, Mind, Boundless

'The Two Voices' (1842) st. 9

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She has a lovely face;
God in his mercy lend her grace,
The Lady of Shalott.

Alfred Lord Tennyson

Grace, Lovely, Faces

1832 Poems,'The Lady of Shalott' (revised 1842), pt.4, l.168-71.

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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

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Those who depend on the merits of their ancestors may be said to search in the roots of the tree for those fruits which the branches ought to produce.

Alfred Lord Tennyson

Roots, Tree, Merit

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By shaping some august decree,
Which kept her throne unshaken still,
Broad-based upon her people's will,
And compass'd by the inviolate sea.

Alfred Lord Tennyson

Sea, People, Broads

"Fifty Poems".

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That man's the best cosmopolite Who loves his native country best.

Alfred Lord Tennyson

Country, Men, Cosmopolitanism

Alfred, Lord Tennyson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Alfred, Lord Tennyson (Illustrated)”, p.575, Delphi Classics

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And was the day of my delight As pure and perfect as I say?

Alfred Lord Tennyson

Perfect, Delight, Pure

Alfred, Lord Tennyson (2014). “In Memoriam”, p.58, Broadview Press

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Into the valley of Death Rode the six hundred.

Alfred Lord Tennyson

Death, War, Poetry

"The Charge of the Light Brigade" l. 1 (1854)

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What are men better than sheep or goats That nourish a blind life within the brain, If knowing God, they lift not hands of prayer Both for themselves and those who call them friend?

Alfred Lord Tennyson

Prayer, Men, Sheep

'Idylls of the King' (1842-85) 'The Passing of Arthur' (1869) l. 414

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We are self-uncertain creatures, and we may Yea, even when we know not, mix our spites And private hates with our defence of Heaven.

Alfred Lord Tennyson

Hate, Self, Heaven

Alfred, Lord Tennyson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Alfred, Lord Tennyson (Illustrated)”, p.1993, Delphi Classics

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A doubtful throne is ice on summer seas.

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Summer, Ice, Sea

Alfred, Lord Tennyson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Alfred, Lord Tennyson (Illustrated)”, p.943, Delphi Classics

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So I find every pleasant spot In which we two were wont to meet, The field, the chamber, and the street, For all is dark where thou art not

Alfred Lord Tennyson

Art, Dark, Two

Alfred, Lord Tennyson (2014). “In Memoriam”, p.46, Broadview Press

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The woman's cause is man's: they rise or sink Together.

Alfred Lord Tennyson

Men, Together, Causes

Alfred, Lord Tennyson (2014). “Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Selected Poetry: A Broadview Anthology of British Literature Edition”, p.90, Broadview Press

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In the long years liker they must grow; The man be more of woman, she of man.

Alfred Lord Tennyson

Men, Years, Long

Alfred Lord Tennyson, “The Princess (Part 7)”

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O Love! what hours were thine and mine, In lands of palm and southern pine; In lands of palm, of orange-blossom, Of olive, aloe, and maize and vine!

Alfred Lord Tennyson

Love, Orange, Land

'The Daisy' (1855) st. 1

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Born: August 5, 1809
Died: October 6, 1892
Occupation: Poet
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