Rich in saving common-sense, And, as the greatest only are, In his simplicity sublime.
ALFRED LORD TENNYSONFour grey walls, and four grey towers, Overlook a space of flowers, And the silent isle imbowers The Lady of Shalott.
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The world which credits what is done is cold to all that might have been.
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God gives us love! Something to love He lends us; but when love is grown To ripeness, that on which it throve Falls off, and love is left alone: This is the curse of time.
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For love reflects the thing beloved.
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Faith is believing what we cannot prove.
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A lie which is half a truth is ever the blackest of lies.
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Men at most differ as Heaven and Earth, but women, worst and best, as Heaven and Hell.
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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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There is sweet music here that softer falls Than petals from blown roses on the grass.
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The old order changes yielding place to new.
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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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Her eyes are homes of silent prayers.
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And our spirits rushed together at the touching of the lips.
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Ring out the grief that saps the mind, for those that were here we see no more.
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The vow that binds too strictly snaps itself.
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Four grey walls, and four grey towers, Overlook a space of flowers, And the silent isle imbowers The Lady of Shalott.
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