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1 " I embrace the purpose of God and the doom assigned "
― Alfred Tennyson , Maud
2 " Faultily faultless, icily regular, splendidly null, Dead perfection, no more "
3 " Tis a morning pure and sweet,And a dewy splendour fallsOn the little flower that clingsTo the turrets and the walls;'Tis a morning pure and sweet,And the light and shadow fleet;She is walking in the meadow,And the woodland echo rings;In a moment we shall meet;She is singing in the meadow,And the rivulet at her feetRipples on in light and shadowTo the ballad that she sings. "
4 " My heart would hear her and beat, Were it earth in an earthy bed;My dust would hear her and beat, Had I lain for a century dead;Would start and tremble under her feet,And blossom in purple and red. "
5 " May make my heart as a milestone, set my face as a flint, cheat and be cheated, and die: who knows? we are ashes and dust. "
6 " O let the solid groundNot fail beneath my feetBefore my life has foundWhat some have found so sweet;Then let come what come may,What matter if I go mad,I shall have had my day.Let the sweet heavens endure,Not close and darken above meBefore I am quite quite sureThat there is one to love me;Then let come what come mayTo a life that has been so sad,I shall have had my day. "
7 " Ah well, well, well, I may be beguiledBy some coquettish deceit. Yet, if she were not a cheat,If Maud were all that she seem'd,And her smile were all that I dream'd,Then the world were not so bitterBut a smile could make it sweet. "