Half the night I waste in...

Half the night I waste in sighs,Half in dreams I sorrow afterThe delight of early skies;In a wakeful dose I sorrowFor the hand, the lips, the eyes,For the meeting of the morrow,The delight of happy laughter,The delight of low replies.

- Alfred Tennyson

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Tears, idle tears, I know not what they mean, Tears from the depths of some devine despairRise in the heart, and gather to the eyes, In looking on the happy autumn fields, And thinking of the days that are no more.

- Alfred Tennyson

HopeSmiles from the threshold of the year to come, Whispering 'it will be happier'...

- Alfred Tennyson

I am a part of all that I have met.

- Alfred Tennyson

Come friends, it's not too late to seek a newer world.

- Alfred Tennyson

The shell must break before the bird can fly.

- Alfred Tennyson

Thine are these orbs of light and shade;Thou madest Life in man and brute;Thou madest Death; and lo, thy footIs on the skull which thou hast made.

- Alfred Tennyson

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