Alfred Lord Tennyson Quotes - Page 3

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• God made thee good as thou art beautiful.

  Alfred Lord Tennyson

  Beautiful, Art, Goodness

  Lord Alfred Tennyson, “The Holy Grail”

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• No rock so hard but that a little wave may beat admission in a thousand years.

  Alfred Lord Tennyson

  Strength, Perseverance, Years

  Alfred, Lord Tennyson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Alfred, Lord Tennyson (Illustrated)”, p.649, Delphi Classics

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• The golden guess is morning-star to the full round of truth.

  Alfred Lord Tennyson

  Morning, Stars, Golden

  Alfred, Lord Tennyson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Alfred, Lord Tennyson (Illustrated)”, p.1327, Delphi Classics

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• A lie which is half a truth is ever the blackest of lies.

  Alfred Lord Tennyson

  Truth, Lying, Deceit

  Alfred, Lord Tennyson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Alfred, Lord Tennyson (Illustrated)”, p.1248, Delphi Classics

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• Battering the gates of heaven with the storms of prayer.

  Alfred Lord Tennyson

  Prayer, Heaven, Storm

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• The old order changeth, yielding place to new, and god fulfills himself in many ways, lest one good custom should corrupt the world.

  Alfred Lord Tennyson

  Order, World, Way

  Idylls of the King "The Passing of Arthur" l. 408 (1869) See Bailey 1; George H. W. Bush 7; George H. W. Bush 10; George H. W. Bush 12; Martin Luther King 1

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• A lie that is half-truth is the darkest of all lies.

  Alfred Lord Tennyson

  Lying, Half, Truth Is

  "The Darkest of All Lies" by Michael L. (Mikey) Weinstein, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 10, 2012.

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• Better not to be at all Than not to be noble.

  Alfred Lord Tennyson

  Noble, Nobility

  Alfred, Lord Tennyson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Alfred, Lord Tennyson (Illustrated)”, p.635, Delphi Classics

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• God gives us love! Something to love He lends us; but when love is grown To ripeness, that on which it throve Falls off, and love is left alone: This is the curse of time.

  Alfred Lord Tennyson

  Inspirational, Motivational, Suicide

  "Complete Works of Alfred, Lord Tennyson".

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• So many worlds, so much to do, so little done, such things to be.

  Alfred Lord Tennyson

  Work, Philosophical, Ambition

  In Memoriam canto 73 (1850) See Rhodes 2

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• My life has crept so long on a broken wing Through cells of madness, haunts of horror and fear, That I come to be grateful at last for a little thing.

  Alfred Lord Tennyson

  Gratitude, Grateful, Cells

  'Maud' (1855) pt. 3, sect. 6, st. 1

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• Sleep sweetly, tender heart, in peace;Sleep, holy spirit, blessed soul,While the stars burn, the moons increase,And the great ages onward roll. Sleep till the end, true soul and sweet. Nothing comes to thee new or strange. Sleep full of rest from head to feet;Lie still, dry dust, secure of change.

  Alfred Lord Tennyson

  Sweet, Peace, Stars

  Alfred, Lord Tennyson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Alfred, Lord Tennyson (Illustrated)”, p.352, Delphi Classics

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• Science moves, but slowly, slowly, creeping on from point to point. ...
  Yet I doubt not through the ages one increasing purpose runs,
  And the thoughts of men are widened with the process of the suns. ...
  Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers.

  Alfred Lord Tennyson

  Running, Moving, Knowledge

  'Locksley Hall' (1842) l. 137

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• And on her lover's arm she leant,
  And round her waist she felt it fold,
  And far across the hills they went
  In that new world which is the old.

  Alfred Lord Tennyson

  Life, World, Arms

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

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• There is always change, bad customs pass and give way to better ones.

  Alfred Lord Tennyson

  Giving, Way, Tradition

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• Who is wise in love, love most, say least.

  Alfred Lord Tennyson

  Love, True Love, Wise

  Alfred, Lord Tennyson (2012). “Idylls of the King”, p.119, Courier Corporation

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• Attain the unattainable.

  Alfred Lord Tennyson

  Success, Unattainable

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• There has fallen a splendid tear
  From the passion-flower at the gate.
  She is coming, my dove, my dear;
  She is coming, my life, my fate;
  The red rose cries, "She is near, she is near;"
  And the white rose weeps, "She is late;"
  The larkspur listens, "I hear; I hear;"
  And the lily whispers, "I wait."

  Alfred Lord Tennyson

  Life, Flower, Passion

  'Maud' (1855) pt. 1, sect. 22, st. 10

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• The still affection of the heart Became an outward breathing type, That into stillness past again, And left a want unknown before; Although the loss had brought us pain, That loss but made us love the more.

  Alfred Lord Tennyson

  Pain, Heart, Loss

  Alfred, Lord Tennyson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Alfred, Lord Tennyson (Illustrated)”, p.294, Delphi Classics

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• The voice of the dead was a living voice to me.

  Alfred Lord Tennyson

  Voice

  'In the Valley of Cauteretz' (1864)

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• I found Him in the shining of the stars.

  Alfred Lord Tennyson

  Stars, Shining, Found

  'Idylls of the King' (1842-85) 'The Passing of Arthur' (1869) l. 9

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• I loved you, and my love had no return,
  And therefore my true love has been my death.

  Alfred Lord Tennyson

  Life, Return, I Loved You

  Alfred, Lord Tennyson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Alfred, Lord Tennyson (Illustrated)”, p.1099, Delphi Classics

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• Ring out the old, ring in the new, Ring, happy bells, across the snow: The year is going, let him go; Ring out the false, ring in the true.

  Alfred Lord Tennyson

  Inspirational, New Year, Years

  In Memoriam canto 106 (1850)

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• ...and our spirits rushed together at the touching of the lips.

  Alfred Lord Tennyson

  Philosophical, Touching, Together

  'Locksley Hall' (1842) l. 38

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• The world which credits what is done is cold to all that might have been.

  Alfred Lord Tennyson

  Done, World, Earth

  Alfred, Lord Tennyson (2014). “In Memoriam”, p.92, Broadview Press

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