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101 " Ah, faerics, dancing under the moon,A Druid land, a Druid tune!While still I may, I write for youThe love I lived, the dream I knew. "
― Alfred Tennyson
102 " Sunset and evening star,And one clear call for me!And may there be no moaning of the bar,When I put out to sea,But such a tide as moving seems asleep,Too full for sound and foam,When that which drew from out the boundless deepTurns again home.Twilight and evening bell,And after that the dark!And may there be no sadness of farewell,When I embark;For tho' from out our bourne of Time and PlaceThe flood may bear me far,I hope to see my Pilot face to faceWhen I have crossed the bar. "
― Alfred Tennyson , Crossing the Bar
103 " My purpose holds to sail beyond the sunset and the baths of all the Western stars until I die. "
104 " So many worlds, so much to do, so little done, such things to be. "
105 " For always roaming with a hungry heart. "
106 " So sad, so fresh the days that are no more. "
107 " For words, like Nature, half revealAnd half conceal the Soul within. "
108 " Life is brief but love is LONG . "
― Alfred Tennyson , The Princess
109 " Willows whiten, aspens quiver, little breezes dusk and shiver, thro' the wave that runs forever by the island in the river, flowing down to Camelot. Four gray walls and four gray towers, overlook a space of flowers, and the silent isle imbowers, the Lady of Shalott. "
― Alfred Tennyson , Selected Poems
110 " Beat, happy stars, timing with things below,Beat with my heart more blest than heart can tell,Blest, but for some dark undercurrent woeThat seems to draw—but it shall not be so:Let all be well, be well. "
― Alfred Tennyson , The Works of Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Vol. 3: Maud in Memoriam; The Princess; Enoch Arden
111 " Sunset and evening starAnd one clear call for me!And may there be no moaning of the bar,When I put out to sea,But such a tide as moving seems asleep,Too full for sound and foam,When that which drew from out the boundless deepTurns again home.Twilight and evening bell,And after that the dark!And may there be no sadness of farewell,When I embark;For though from out our bourne of Time and PlaceThe flood may bear me far,I hope to see my Pilot face to faceWhen I have crossed the bar. "
112 " I sometimes find it half a sin,To put to words the grief i feel,For words like nature,half reveal,and half conceal the soul within, "
― Alfred Tennyson , In Memoriam
113 " A man had given all other bliss,And all his worldly worth for thisTo waste his whole heart in one kissUpon her perfect lips. "
114 " So I find every pleasant spot In which we two were wont to meet, The field, the chamber, and the street,For all is dark where thou art not "
115 " Theirs not to make reply,Theirs not to reason why,Theirs but to do and die. "
― Alfred Tennyson , The Charge of the Light Brigade
116 " So now I have sworn to buryAll this dead body of hateI feel so free and so clearBy the loss of that dead weight "
117 " I am a part of all that I have met;Yet all experience is an arch wherethroughGleams that untravelled world, whose margin fadesFor ever and for ever when I move. "
118 " There is sweet music here that softer fallsThan petals from blown roses on the grass,Or night-dews on still waters between wallsOf shadowy granite, in a gleaming pass;Music that gentlier on the spirit lies,Than tir'd eyelids upon tir'd eyes;Music that brings sweet sleep down from the blissful skies.Here are cool mosses deep,And thro' the moss the ivies creep,And in the stream the long-leaved flowers weep,And from the craggy ledge the poppy hangs in sleep. "
119 " if you don't concentrate on what you are doing then the thing that you are doing is not what you are thinking. "
120 " It is unconceivable that the whole Universe was merely created for us who live in this third-rate planet of a third-rate moon. "