Ah, Christ, that it were possible, For one short hour to see The souls we loved, that they might tell us What and where they be.
ALFRED LORD TENNYSONAh, when shall all men’s good Be each man’s rule, and universal peace Lie like a shaft of light across the land, And like a lane of beams athwart the sea, Thro’ all the circle of the golden year?
More Alfred Lord Tennyson Quotes
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A louse in the locks of literature.
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Ours not to reason why, ours but to do and die.
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Battering the gates of heaven with the storms of prayer.
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And our spirits rushed together at the touching of the lips.
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The parting of a husband and wife is like the cleaving of a heart; one half will flutter here, one there.
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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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We are all a part of every person we have ever met.
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Dreams are true while they last, and do we not live in dreams?
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As love, if love be perfect, casts out fear, so hate, if hate be perfect, casts out fear.
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To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.
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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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Cleave ever to the sunnier side of doubt.
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Tis held that sorrow makes us wise.
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Trust me not at all, or all in all.
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Rich in saving common-sense, And, as the greatest only are, In his simplicity sublime.
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