Four grey walls, and four grey towers, Overlook a space of flowers, And the silent isle imbowers The Lady of Shalott.
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?
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Words, like nature, half reveal and half conceal the soul within.
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And men, whose reason long was blind, From cells of madness unconfined, Oft lose whole years of darker mind.
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This barren verbiage, current among men, Light coin, the tinsel clink of compliment.
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Sweet is true love that is given in vain, and sweet is death that takes away pain.
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Cleave ever to the sunnier side of doubt.
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I must lose myself in action, lest I wither in despair.
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Our echoes roll from soul to soul, And grow for ever and for ever.
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I remain Mistress of mine own self and mine own soul.
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Tis held that sorrow makes us wise.
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Music that gentlier on the spirit lies, Than tired eyelids upon tired eyes.
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What the sunshine is to the flower, the Lord Jesus Christ is to my soul.
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There is sweet music here that softer falls Than petals from blown roses on the grass.
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Blind and naked ignorance delivers brawling judgments, unashamed, on all things all day long
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He makes no friend who never made a foe.
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Rich in saving common-sense, And, as the greatest only are, In his simplicity sublime.
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