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41 " I wither slowly in thine arms; here at the quiet limit of the world, a white hair'd shadow roaming like a dream. "
― Alfred Tennyson
42 " Now slides the silent meteor on, and leaves a shining furrow, as thy thoughts in me.Now folds the lily all her sweetness up,and slips into the bosom of the lake:So fold thyself, my dearest, thou, and slip into my bosom and be lost in me. "
43 " Behold, we know not anything;I can but trust that good shall fallAt last -- far off -- at last, to all,And every winter change to spring. "
44 " Authority forgets a dying king "
45 " Let us hush this cry of 'Forward', till ten thousand years have gone. "
― Alfred Tennyson , Loksley Hall, Day Dream and Other Poems
46 " The quiet sense of something lost "
47 " I embrace the purpose of God and the doom assigned "
― Alfred Tennyson , Maud
48 " And down I went to fetch my bride:But, Alice, you were ill at ease;This dress and that by turns you tried,Too fearful that you should not please.I loved you better for your fears,I knew you could not look but well;And dews, that would have fall'n in tears,I kiss'd away before they fell. "
49 " Virtue - to be good and just -Every heart, when sifted well,Is a clot of warmer dust,Mix'd with cunning sparks of hell.- The Vision of Sin "
50 " Theirs not to reason why, Theirs but to do and die "
51 " Theirs not to make reply,Theirs not to reason why,Theirs but to do and die.Into the valley of DeathRode the six hundred. "
― Alfred Tennyson , The Charge of the Light Brigade
52 " A lie that is half-truth is the darkest of all lies. "
53 " Praise to our Indian brothers, and the dark face have his due!Thanks to the kindly dark faces who fought with us, faithful and few,Fought with the bravest among us, and drove them, and smote them, and slew.That ever upon the topment roof our banner in India blew. "
― Alfred Tennyson , Tennyson: Poems
54 " More things are wrought by prayer than this world dreams of. "
55 " What rights are those that dare not resist for them? "
56 " Dreams are true while they last, and do we not live in dreams? "
57 " Love is the only gold. "
58 " Words, like nature, half reveal and half conceal the soul within. "
59 " Who is wise in love, love most, say least. "
60 " Nature, red in tooth and claw. "
― Alfred Tennyson , In Memoriam