And this gray spirit yearning in desire To follow knowledge like a sinking star, Beyond the utmost bound of human thought. Alfred Lord Tennyson More Quotes by Alfred Lord Tennyson More Quotes From Alfred Lord Tennyson The city is built To music, therefore never built at all, And therefore built forever. Alfred Lord Tennyson piano music cities I came in haste with cursing breath, And heart of hardest steel; But when I saw thee cold in death, I felt as man should feel. For when I look upon that face, That cold, unheeding, frigid brown, Where neither rage nor fear has place, By Heaven! I cannot hate thee now! Alfred Lord Tennyson hate heart men Full knee-deep lies the winter snow, Alfred Lord Tennyson church-bells winter lying Manners are not idle, but the fruit of loyal and of noble mind. Alfred Lord Tennyson noble nature mind I envy not in any moods The captive void of noble rage, The linnet born within the cage, That never knew the summer woods. Alfred Lord Tennyson cages envy summer Ring out the false, ring in the true. Alfred Lord Tennyson new-year happy years Tis not too late to seek a newer world. Alfred Lord Tennyson late too-late world That tower of strength Which stood four-square to all the winds that blew. Alfred Lord Tennyson squares strength wind Yet is there one true line, the pearl of pearls: Alfred Lord Tennyson dream men life From yon blue heaven above us bent, The grand old gardener and his wife Smile at the claims of long descent. Alfred Lord Tennyson wife blue long The white flower of a blameless life. Alfred Lord Tennyson flower white life Because right is right, to follow right Were wisdom in the scorn of consequence. Alfred Lord Tennyson scorn consequence wisdom Let observation with extended observation observe extensively. Alfred Lord Tennyson observation travel A sorrow's crown of sorrow is remembering happier times. Alfred Lord Tennyson crowns sorrow time A smile abroad is often a scowl at home. Alfred Lord Tennyson smile home Shall eagles not be eagles? wrens be wrens? If all the world were falcons, what of that? The wonder of the eagle were the less, But he not less the eagle. Alfred Lord Tennyson wrens eagles world And the days darken round me, and the years, Among new men, strange faces, other minds. Alfred Lord Tennyson mind men years Men, my brothers, men the workers, ever reaping something new. Alfred Lord Tennyson something-new brother men I grow in worth, and wit, and sense, Unboding critic-pen, Or that eternal want of pence, Which vexes public men. Alfred Lord Tennyson vex want men Every man, for the sake of the great blessed Mother in Heaven, and for the love of his own little mother on earth, should handle all womankind gently, and hold them in all Honor. Alfred Lord Tennyson mom blessed mother
