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Let knowledge grow from more to more, But more of reverence in us dwell; That mind and soul, according well, May make one music as before, But vaster.

Alfred Lord Tennyson

Soul, Mind, May

In Memoriam prologue, st. 7 (1850)

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I am going a long way With these thou seëst-if indeed I go (For all my mind is clouded with a doubt)- To the island-valley of Avilion, Where falls not hail or rain or any snow, Nor ever wind blows loudly; but it lies Deep-meadow'd, happy, fair with orchard lawns And bowery hollows crown'd with summer sea, Where I will heal me of my grievous wound.

Alfred Lord Tennyson

Happiness, Summer, Lying

'Idylls of the King' (1842-85) 'The Passing of Arthur' (1869) l. 424

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Lo! sweeten'd with the summer light,
The full-juiced apple, waxing over-mellow,
Drops in a silent autumn night.
All its allotted length of days
The flower ripens in its place,
Ripens and fades, and falls, and hath no toil,
Fast-rooted in the fruitful soil.

Alfred Lord Tennyson

Summer, Flower, Fall

Alfred, Lord Tennyson (2013). “Tennyson: Selected Poetry”, p.37, Routledge

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The long day wanes; the slow moon climbs the deep.

Alfred Lord Tennyson

Moon, Long, Long Day

'Ulysses' (1842) l. 44

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Of love that never found his earthly close, What sequel? Streaming eyes and breaking hearts; Or all the same as if he had not been?

Alfred Lord Tennyson

Love, Heart, Eye

Alfred, Lord Tennyson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Alfred, Lord Tennyson (Illustrated)”, p.453, Delphi Classics

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That loss is common would not make My own less bitter, rather more: Too common! Never morning wore To evening, but some heart did break.

Alfred Lord Tennyson

Morning, Heart, Loss

Alfred Tennyson Tennyson, Baron, Alfred Lord Tennyson (2014). “Fifty Poems”, p.185, Cambridge University Press

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Arise, go forth, and conquer as of old.

Alfred Lord Tennyson

Military, Conquer, Arise

Alfred, Lord Tennyson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Alfred, Lord Tennyson (Illustrated)”, p.1178, Delphi Classics

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Twilight and evening bell, And after that the dark! And may there be no sadness of farewell, When I embark; For though from out our bourne of Time and Place The flood may bear me far, I hope to see my Pilot face to face When I have crossed the bar.

Alfred Lord Tennyson

Time, Twilight, Farewell

'Crossing the Bar' (1889)

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The sin
That neither God nor man can well forgive.

Alfred Lord Tennyson

Forgiveness, Men, Forgiving

Alfred, Lord Tennyson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Alfred, Lord Tennyson (Illustrated)”, p.1240, Delphi Classics

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Let the great world spin for ever down the ringing grooves of change.

Alfred Lord Tennyson

Inspirational, Change, Science

"Locksley Hall" l. 181 (1842)

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One so small Who knowing nothing knows but to obey.

Alfred Lord Tennyson

Knowing Nothing, Knowing, Obedience

Alfred Lord Tennyson (2013). “Idylls of the King”, p.230, Simon and Schuster

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I falter where I firmly trod, And falling with my weight of cares Upon the great world's altar-stairs That slope thro' darkness up to God, I stretch lame hands of faith, and grope, And gather dust and chaff, and call To what I feel is Lord of all, And faintly trust the larger hope.

Alfred Lord Tennyson

Fall, Dust, Hands

Alfred, Lord Tennyson (2014). “Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Selected Poetry: A Broadview Anthology of British Literature Edition”, p.135, Broadview Press

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Man is man, and master of his fate.

Alfred Lord Tennyson

Fate, Men, Masters

'Idylls of the King' (1842-85) 'The Marriage of Geraint' (1859) l. 355

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The long mechanic pacings to and fro, The set, gray life, and apathetic end.

Alfred Lord Tennyson

Life, Long, Mechanic

Alfred, Lord Tennyson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Alfred, Lord Tennyson (Illustrated)”, p.453, Delphi Classics

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All experience is an arch wherethrough gleams that untravelled world whose margin fades for ever and for ever when I move.

Alfred Lord Tennyson

Moving On, Experience, World

'Ulysses' (1842) l. 6

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Come not, when I am dead, To drop thy foolish tears upon my grave, To trample round my fallen head, And vex the unhappy dust thou wouldst not save. There let the wind sweep and the plover cry; But thou, go by. Child, if it were thine error or thy crime I care no longer, being all unblest; Wed whom thou wilt, but I am sick of Time, And I desire to rest. Pass on, weak heart, and leave me where I lie: Go by, go by.

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Time, Children, Lying

'Come not, when I am dead' (1850)

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O Blackbird! sing me something well: While all the neighbors shoot thee round, I keep smooth plats of fruitful ground, Where thou may'st warble, eat and dwell.

Alfred Lord Tennyson

May, Neighbor, Smooth

Alfred Tennyson Tennyson, Baron, Alfred Lord Tennyson (2014). “Fifty Poems”, p.91, Cambridge University Press

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Once in a golden hour, I cast to earth a seed, And up there grew a flower, That others called a weed.

Alfred Lord Tennyson

Weed, Flower, Earth

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To love one maiden only, cleave to her, And worship her by years of noble deeds, Until they won her; for indeed I knew Of no more subtle master under heaven Than is the maiden passion for a maid, Not only to keep down the base in man, But teach high thought, and aimable words And courtliness, and the desire of fame, And love of truth, and all that makes man.

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Passion, Men, Years

'Idylls of the King' (1842-85) 'Guinevere' (1859) l. 472

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That which we are, we are.

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"Ulysses" l. 65 (1842)

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What's up is faith, what's down is heresy.

Alfred Lord Tennyson

Heresy

Alfred, Lord Tennyson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Alfred, Lord Tennyson (Illustrated)”, p.1767, Delphi Classics

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And the stately ships go on To their haven under the hill; But O for the touch of a vanished hand, And the sound of a voice that is still!

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Hands, Voice, Sound

"Break, Break, Break" l. 9 (1842)

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Sweet were the days when I was all unknown, But when my name was lifted up, the storm Brake on the mountain and I cared not for it. Right well know I that fame is half disfame.

Alfred Lord Tennyson

Sweet, Names, Storm

Alfred, Lord Tennyson (2012). “Idylls of the King”, p.125, Courier Corporation

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She sleeps: her breathings are not heard In palace chambers far apart. The fragrant tresses are not stirr'd That lie upon her charmed heart She sleeps: on either hand upswells The gold-fringed pillow lightly prest: She sleeps, nor dreams, but ever dwells A perfect form in perfect rest.

Alfred Lord Tennyson

Dream, Lying, Heart

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Nature, red in tooth and claw.

Alfred Lord Tennyson

Nature, Science, Law

In Memoriam canto 56 (1850)

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