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I held it truth, with him who sings
To one clear harp in divers tones,
That men may rise on stepping stones
Or their dead selves to higher things.
Growth
Quotes, by Lord Alfred Tennyson , Source: In Memoriam (pt. I)
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My people too were scared with eerie sounds,
A footstep, a low throbbing in the walls.
A noise of falling weights that never fell,
Weird whispers, bells that rang without a hand,
Door-handles turn'd when none was at the door,
And bolted doors that open'd of themselves;
And one betwixt the dark and light had seen
Her, bending by the cradle of her babe.
Apparitions
Quotes, by Lord Alfred Tennyson , Source: Night's Dream (act V, sc. 1, l. 386)
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Then she rode forth, clothed on with chastity:
The deep air listen'd round her as she rode,
And all the low wind hardly breathed for fear.
Chastity
Quotes, by Lord Alfred Tennyson , Source: Godiva (l. 53)
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Well, well, be it so, thou strongest their of all,
For thou hast stolen my will, and made it thine.
Thieving
Quotes, by Lord Alfred Tennyson , Source: The Foresters (act III, sc. 1)
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And statesmen at her council met
Who knew the seasons when to take
Occasion by the hand, and make
The bounds of freedom wider yet.
Statesmanship
Quotes, by Lord Alfred Tennyson , Source: To the Queen (st. 8)
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The Lord let the house of a brute to the soul of a man,
And the man said, "Am I your debtor?"
And the Lord--"Not yet: but make it as clean as you can,
And then I will let you a better."
Evolution
Quotes, by Lord Alfred Tennyson , Source: By the Evolutionist
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Is there evil but on earth? Or pain in every people sphere?
Well, be grateful for the sounding watchword "Evolution" here.
Evolution
Quotes, by Lord Alfred Tennyson , Source: Locksley Hall Sixty Years After (l. 198)
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Evolution ever climbing after some ideal good
And Reversion ever dragging Evolution in the mud.
Evolution
Quotes, by Lord Alfred Tennyson , Source: Locksley Hall Sixty Years After (l. 200)
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Weakness to be wroth with weakness! woman's pleasure, woman's
pain--
Nature made them blinder motions bounded in a shallower brain.
Weakness
Quotes, by Lord Alfred Tennyson , Source: Locksley Hall (st. 75)
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First pledge our Queen this solemn night,
Then drink to England, every guest;
That man's the best Cosmopolite
Who knows his native country best.
Toasts
Quotes, by Lord Alfred Tennyson , Source: Hands All Round
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Ring in the valiant man and free,
The larger heart, the kindlier hand;
Ring out the darkness of the land;
Ring in the Christ that is to be.
Bells
Quotes, by Lord Alfred Tennyson , Source: In Memoriam (pt. CVI)
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