Those who depend on the merits of their ancestors may be said to search in the roots of the tree for those fruits which the branches ought to produce. Alfred Lord Tennyson More Quotes by Alfred Lord Tennyson More Quotes From Alfred Lord Tennyson How dull it is to pause, to make an end, to rust unburnished, not to shine in use! As though to breathe were life. Alfred Lord Tennyson shining age life She is coming, my own, my sweet; Alfred Lord Tennyson heart sweet life Men at most differ as Heaven and Earth, but women, worst and best, as Heaven and Hell. Alfred Lord Tennyson women funny heaven I envy not in any moods The captive void of noble rage, The linnet born within the cage, That never knew the summer woods: I envy not the beast that takes His license in the field of time, Unfetter’d by the sense of crime, To whom a conscience never wakes; Nor, what may count itself as blest, The heart that never plighted troth But stagnates in the weeds of sloth; Nor any want-begotten rest. I hold it true, whate’er befall; I feel it, when I sorrow most; ‘Tis better to have loved and lost Than never to have loved at all. Alfred Lord Tennyson weed summer heart He clasps the crag with crooked hands; Alfred Lord Tennyson wall lonely fall Life is not as idle ore, Alfred Lord Tennyson iron tears life I am going a long way With these thou seëst-if indeed I go (For all my mind is clouded with a doubt)- To the island-valley of Avilion, Where falls not hail or rain or any snow, Nor ever wind blows loudly; but it lies Deep-meadow'd, happy, fair with orchard lawns And bowery hollows crown'd with summer sea, Where I will heal me of my grievous wound. Alfred Lord Tennyson summer happiness lying That loss is common would not make My own less bitter, rather more: Too common! Never morning wore To evening, but some heart did break. Alfred Lord Tennyson loss heart morning I sometimes find it half a sin, To put to words the grief i feel, For words like nature,half reveal, and half conceal the soul within. Alfred Lord Tennyson grief soul life And out of darkness came the hands that reach through nature, moulding men. Alfred Lord Tennyson nature men hands I cannot rest from travel; I will drink Life to the lees. Alfred Lord Tennyson drink life We cannot be kind to each other here for even an hour. We whisper, and hint, and chuckle and grin at our brother's shame; however you take it we men are a little breed. Alfred Lord Tennyson hints brother men Here about the beach I wandered, nourishing a youth sublime Alfred Lord Tennyson beach science long And sometimes through the mirror blue The knights come riding two and two. Alfred Lord Tennyson knights mirrors blue Come not, when I am dead, To drop thy foolish tears upon my grave, To trample round my fallen head, And vex the unhappy dust thou wouldst not save. There let the wind sweep and the plover cry; But thou, go by. Child, if it were thine error or thy crime I care no longer, being all unblest; Wed whom thou wilt, but I am sick of Time, And I desire to rest. Pass on, weak heart, and leave me where I lie: Go by, go by. Alfred Lord Tennyson time lying children Lo! sweeten'd with the summer light, Alfred Lord Tennyson flower summer fall And every dew-drop paints a bow. Alfred Lord Tennyson dew bows paint The golden guess is morning-star to the full round of truth. Alfred Lord Tennyson golden stars morning That man's the true Conservative who lops the moldered branch away. Alfred Lord Tennyson conservative branches men Men may come and men may go but I go on forever. Alfred Lord Tennyson mad crazy men
