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The Works of Tennyson

The Eversley Edition: Annotated by Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Edited by Hallam, Lord Tennyson
Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson (1809-1892)

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POEMS
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POEMS
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ENOCH ARDEN AND IN MEMORIAM
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THE PRINCESS AND MAUD
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IDYLLS OF THE KING
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BALLADS AND OTHER POEMS
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DEMETER AND OTHER POEMS
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QUEEN MARY AND HAROLD
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QUEEN MARY:
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HAROLD:
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BECKET AND OTHER PLAYS

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III.

And the suns of the limitless Universe sparkled and shone in the sky,
Flashing with fires as of God, but we knew that their light was a lie—
Bright as with deathless hope—but, however they sparkled and shone,
The dark little worlds running round them were worlds of woe like our own—
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No soul in the heaven above, no soul on the earth below,
A fiery scroll written over with lamentation and woe.
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