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...
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
casual sorrow thou wilt
O Sorrow, wilt thou live with me/ No casual mistress, but a wife.
pure spirit thou
Make Thou my spirit pure and clear/ As are the frosty skies.
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.
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
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.
peace ring thousand wars
Ring out the thousand wars of old,/ Ring in the thousand years of peace.
art god good thee thou
God make thee good as thou art beautiful.
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.
edward fatter
Edward Bull/ The curate; he was fatter than his cure.
blind schoolboy
Not the schoolboy heat,/ The blind hysterics of the Celt.