Music that gentlier on the spirit lies Than tired eyelids upon tired eyes.
--Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Every moment dies a man, Every moment one is born.
--Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Tis better to have loved and lost Than never to have loved at all.
--Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809-1892) In Memoriam, 1850, line 27, stanza 4
The shell must break before the bird can fly.
--Alfred, Lord Tennyson
He that shuts love out, in turn shall be Shut out from love, and on her threshold lie, H
owling in outer darkness.
--Alfred, Lord Tennyson
But O for the touch of a vanish'd hand, and the sound of a voice that is still
--Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Till the war-drum throbb`d no longer, and the battle-flags were furl`d;
In the parliament of man; the Federation of the world.
--Alfred Tennyson
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