The Works of Alfred Lord Tennyson, Poet Laureate, Volume 1Macmillan, 1884 |
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... FAIR WOMEN THE BLACKBIRD THE DEATH OF THE OLD YEAR To J. S .. ON A MOURNER ' YOU ASK ME , WHY , THO ' ILL AT EASE ' OF OLD SAT FREEDOM ON THE HEIGHTS ' · III I 12 • 113 114 · 122 145 156 158 • 169 . I7I 172 187 0 191 195 199 · 204 206 ...
... FAIR WOMEN THE BLACKBIRD THE DEATH OF THE OLD YEAR To J. S .. ON A MOURNER ' YOU ASK ME , WHY , THO ' ILL AT EASE ' OF OLD SAT FREEDOM ON THE HEIGHTS ' · III I 12 • 113 114 · 122 145 156 158 • 169 . I7I 172 187 0 191 195 199 · 204 206 ...
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... Fair - fronted Truth shall droop not now With shrilling shafts of subtle wit . Nor martyr - flames , nor trenchant swords Can do away that ancient lie ; A gentler death shall Falsehood die , Shot thro ' and thro ' with cunning words ...
... Fair - fronted Truth shall droop not now With shrilling shafts of subtle wit . Nor martyr - flames , nor trenchant swords Can do away that ancient lie ; A gentler death shall Falsehood die , Shot thro ' and thro ' with cunning words ...
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... d me Laughingly , laughingly . Oh ! what a happy life were mine Under the hollow - hung ocean green ! Soft are the moss - beds under the sea ; We would live merrily , merrily . THE MERMAID . I. WHO Would be A mermaid fair 80 THE MERMAN .
... d me Laughingly , laughingly . Oh ! what a happy life were mine Under the hollow - hung ocean green ! Soft are the moss - beds under the sea ; We would live merrily , merrily . THE MERMAID . I. WHO Would be A mermaid fair 80 THE MERMAN .
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Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson. THE MERMAID . I. WHO Would be A mermaid fair , Singing alone , Combing her hair Under the sea , In a golden curl With a comb of pearl , On a throne ? II . I would be a mermaid fair ; I would sing to myself ...
Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson. THE MERMAID . I. WHO Would be A mermaid fair , Singing alone , Combing her hair Under the sea , In a golden curl With a comb of pearl , On a throne ? II . I would be a mermaid fair ; I would sing to myself ...
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... fair With thy floating flaxen hair ; Thy rose - lips and full blue eyes Take the heart from out my breast . Wherefore those dim looks of thine , Shadowy , dreaming Adeline ? II . Whence that aery bloom of thine , Like a lily which the ...
... fair With thy floating flaxen hair ; Thy rose - lips and full blue eyes Take the heart from out my breast . Wherefore those dim looks of thine , Shadowy , dreaming Adeline ? II . Whence that aery bloom of thine , Like a lily which the ...
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