The Poetical Works of Alfred Tennyson, Poet Laureate, Etc: Two Volumes in OneTicknor and Fields, 1862 - 684 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 98
Page 2
... Mother , Wife and Queen ; " And statesmen at her council met Who knew the seasons , when to take Occasion by the hand , and make The bounds of freedom wider yet , By shaping some august decree , Which kept her throne unshaken still ...
... Mother , Wife and Queen ; " And statesmen at her council met Who knew the seasons , when to take Occasion by the hand , and make The bounds of freedom wider yet , By shaping some august decree , Which kept her throne unshaken still ...
Page 25
... mother plant in semblance , grew A flower all gold , And bravely furnished all abroad to fling The winged shafts of truth , To throng with stately blooms the breathing spring Of Hope and Youth . So many minds did gird their orbs with ...
... mother plant in semblance , grew A flower all gold , And bravely furnished all abroad to fling The winged shafts of truth , To throng with stately blooms the breathing spring Of Hope and Youth . So many minds did gird their orbs with ...
Page 44
... Mother , give me grace To help me of my weary load . ' And on the liquid mirror glowed The clear perfection of her face . " Is this the form , " she made her moan , " That won his praises night and morn ? And " Ah , " she said , " but I ...
... Mother , give me grace To help me of my weary load . ' And on the liquid mirror glowed The clear perfection of her face . " Is this the form , " she made her moan , " That won his praises night and morn ? And " Ah , " she said , " but I ...
Page 45
... Mother , let me not here alone Live forgotten , and die forlorn . ” VI . And , rising , from her bosom drew Old letters , breathing of her worth , For " Love , " they said , " must needs be true To what is loveliest upon earth . ” An ...
... Mother , let me not here alone Live forgotten , and die forlorn . ” VI . And , rising , from her bosom drew Old letters , breathing of her worth , For " Love , " they said , " must needs be true To what is loveliest upon earth . ” An ...
Page 53
... mother thought , What ails the boy ? For I was altered , and began To move about the house with joy , And with the certain step of man . I loved the brimming wave that swam Through quiet meadows round the mill , The sleepy pool above ...
... mother thought , What ails the boy ? For I was altered , and began To move about the house with joy , And with the certain step of man . I loved the brimming wave that swam Through quiet meadows round the mill , The sleepy pool above ...
Contents
3 | |
9 | |
17 | |
23 | |
30 | |
37 | |
43 | |
50 | |
177 | |
231 | |
238 | |
244 | |
253 | |
257 | |
305 | |
321 | |
57 | |
68 | |
78 | |
83 | |
124 | |
132 | |
140 | |
147 | |
156 | |
164 | |
5 | |
21 | |
27 | |
48 | |
55 | |
105 | |
163 | |
174 | |
214 | |
Other editions - View all
The Poetical Works of Alfred Tennyson, Poet Laureate, Etc ..., Volume 2 Baron Alfred Tennyson Tennyson No preview available - 2018 |
Common terms and phrases
answer arms Asses ears beneath betwixt blazoned blow break breast breath brows Camelot cheek child Cyril dark dead dear death deep dipt dream dropt drowning song earth Edwin Morris Excalibur eyes face fair fall fancy father fear Florian flower flying forever golden Guinevere half hall hand happy head hear heard heart Heaven hills hour king King Arthur kiss knew Lady of Shalott Lady Psyche land light lips live look Lord maid maiden moon morn mother move murmur night noble o'er Oriana paces measured peace Prince Princess Princess Ida rode rolled rose round sang seemed shadow shame shivering points Sir Bedivere sleep smile song soul spake speak spirit spoke star stept stood summer sweet tears thee thine things thou thought touch unto vext voice weep whisper wild wind woman words
Popular passages
Page 184 - Moans round with many voices. Come, my friends, Tis not too late to seek a newer world. Push off, and sitting well in order smite The sounding furrows ; for my purpose holds To sail beyond the sunset, and the baths Of all the western stars, until I die. It may be that the gulfs will wash us down : It may be we shall touch the Happy Isles, And see the great Achilles, whom we knew. Tho' much is taken, much abides; and tho...
Page 82 - Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky, The flying cloud, the frosty light : The year is dying in the night ; Ring out, wild bells, and let him die. 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.
Page 183 - Myself not least, but honored of them all, — And drunk delight of battle with my peers, Far on the ringing plains of windy Troy. I am a part of all that I have met; Yet all experience is an arch wherethro' Gleams that untraveled world whose margin fades For ever and for ever when I move.
Page 83 - Ring in the valiant man and free, The larger heart, the kindlier hand ; Ring out the darkness of the land, Ring in the Christ that is to be.
Page 95 - THERE rolls the deep where grew the tree. O earth, what changes hast thou seen! There where the long street roars, hath been The stillness of the central sea. The hills are shadows, and they flow From form to form, and nothing stands; They melt like mist, the solid lands, Like clouds they shape themselves and go. But in my spirit will I dwell, And dream my dream, and hold it true; For tho' my lips may breathe adieu, I cannot think the thing farewell.
Page 140 - She is coming, my own, my sweet; Were it ever so airy a tread, My heart would hear her and beat, Were it earth in an earthy bed; My dust would hear her and beat, Had I lain for a century dead; Would start and tremble under her feet, And blossom in purple and red.
Page 155 - I wind about, and in and out, With here a blossom sailing, And here and there a lusty trout, And here and there a grayling, And here and there a foamy flake Upon me, as I travel With many a silvery waterbreak Above the golden gravel, And draw them all along, and flow To join the brimming river; For men may come and men may go, But I go on forever.
Page 182 - IT little profits that an idle king, By this still hearth, among these barren crags, Match'd with an aged wife, I mete and dole Unequal laws unto a savage race, That hoard, and sleep, and feed, and know not me. I cannot rest from travel; I will drink Life to the lees: all times I have enjoy'd Greatly, have suffer'd greatly , both with those That loved me, and alone; on shore, and when Thro...
Page 176 - HALF a league, half a league, Half a league onward, All in the valley of Death Rode the six hundred. "Forward the Light Brigade! Charge for the guns!
Page 91 - And deep-asleep he seemed, yet all awake, And music in his ears his beating heart did make. They sat them down upon the yellow sand, Between the sun and moon upon the shore; And sweet it was to dream of Fatherland, Of child, and wife, and slave; but evermore Most weary seemed the sea, weary the oar, Weary the wandering fields of barren foam. Then some one said, ' We will return no more; ' And all at once they sang, ' Our island home Is far beyond the wave; we will no longer roam...