The parting of a husband and wife is like the cleaving of a heart; one half will flutter here, one there.
ALFRED LORD TENNYSONOur echoes roll from soul to soul, And grow for ever and for ever.
More Alfred Lord Tennyson Quotes
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If I had a flower for every time I thought of you. I could walk through my garden forever.
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Shape your heart to front the hour, but dream not that the hours will last.
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I must lose myself in action, lest I wither in despair.
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My life has crept so long on a broken wing Through cells of madness, haunts of horror and fear, That I come to be grateful at last for a little thing.
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If Nature put not forth her power About the opening of the flower, Who is it that could live an hour?
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Nor is it wiser to weep a true occasion lost, but trim our sails, and let old bygones be.
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So many worlds, so much to do, so little done, such things to be.
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Rich in saving common-sense, And, as the greatest only are, In his simplicity sublime.
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The vow that binds too strictly snaps itself.
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Theirs is not to make reply: Theirs is not to reason why: Theirs is but to do and die.
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Speak to Him, thou, for He hears, and Spirit with Spirit can meet- Closer is He than breathing, and nearer than hands and feet.
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Oh that it were possible, After long grief and pain, To find the arms of my true love, Around me once again.
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What the sunshine is to the flower, the Lord Jesus Christ is to my soul.
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A lie that is half-truth is the darkest of all lies.
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Music that gentlier on the spirit lies, Than tired eyelids upon tired eyes.
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