Alfred Tennyson

Half light, half shade, She stood, a sight to make an old man young.

Alfred Tennyson

I am part of all that I have met; Yet all experience is an arch wherethro’ Gleams that untravell’d world, whose margin fades For ever and for ever when I move.

Alfred Tennyson

I built my soul a lordly pleasure-house, Wherein at ease for aye to dwell. I said, “O Soul, make merry and carouse, Dear soul, for all is well.”

Alfred Tennyson

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 Tennyson

My eyes are full of tears, my heart of love, My heart is breaking, and my eyes are dim, And I am all aweary of my life.

Alfred Tennyson

There lives more faith in honest doubt, Believe me, than in half the creeds. In Memoriam. xcvi. Stanza 3.

Alfred Tennyson

There’s somewhat flows to us in life, But more is taken quite away. Pray, Alice, pray, my darling wife, That we may die the self-same day.

Alfred Tennyson

The shell must break before the bird can fly.

Alfred Tennyson

'Tis better to have loved and lost Than never to have loved at all.

Alfred Tennyson