Lord Alfred Tennyson
Lord Alfred Tennyson
Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson, FRSwas Poet Laureate of Great Britain and Ireland during much of Queen Victoria's reign and remains one of the most popular British poets...
casual sorrow thou wilt
O Sorrow, wilt thou live with me/ No casual mistress, but a wife.
arise cold gray thoughts thy tongue utter
Break, break, break, On thy cold gray stones, O sea! And I would that my tongue could utter The thoughts that arise in me
art husband thou wife
As the husband is, the wife is: thou art mated with a clown.
fathom mind shallow thou thy
Vex not thou the poet's mind With thy shallow wit: Vex not thou the poet's mind; For thou canst not fathom it
love thou
Love is of the valley, come thou down/ And find him.
although answer gave knew lived looked met mind mirrors opposed reflecting thoughts time
So, friend, when I first looked upon your face, our thoughts gave answer each to each. Opposed mirrors each reflecting each, although I knew not in what time or place, methought that I had often met with you, and each had lived in other's mind and speech.
pure spirit thou
Make Thou my spirit pure and clear/ As are the frosty skies.
art god good thee thou
God make thee good as thou art beautiful.
peace ring thousand wars
Ring out the thousand wars of old,/ Ring in the thousand years of peace.
dreams face pray prayer thou wrought
If thou shouldst never see my face again, pray for my soul. More things are wrought by prayer than this world dreams of.
changes fancy lightly love spring thoughts turns
In the Spring a livelier iris changes on the burnish'd dove; In the Spring a young man's fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love
dealer fool fools-and-foolishness guard hour jealous speech thoughts words
Guard your roving thoughts with a jealous care, for speech is but the dealer of thoughts, and every fool can plainly read in your words what is the hour of your thoughts.
awake dawn knowing night promise rose roses
The rose was awake all night for your sake,/ Knowing your promise to me;/ The lilies and roses were all awake,/ They sighed for the dawn and thee.
answer bells birth christmas draws hill mist moon near night time
The time draws near the birth of Christ: The moon is hid; the night is still; The Christmas bells from hill to hill Answer each other in the mist