Many a night from yonder ivied casement, ere I went to rest, Did I look on great Orion sloping slowly to the West. Many a night I saw the Pleiads, rising thro' the mellow shade, Glitter like a swarm of fire-flies tangled in a silver braid. Poems - Page 35by Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1851 - 261 pagesFull view - About this book
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