Lord Alfred Tennyson ( 10 of 98 )
When I was a shepherd on the plains of Assyria.
When I was a shepherd on the plains of Assyria.
Ring out the old, ring in the new,
Ring, happy bells, across the snow.
Ring out the old, ring in the new,
Ring, happy bells, across the snow.
And the stately ships go on
To their haven under the hill.
And the stately ships go on
To their haven under the hill.
Not once or twice in our rough island story,
The path of duty was the way to glory.
Not once or twice in our rough island story,
The path of duty was the way to glory.
A smile abroad is often a scowl at home.
A smile abroad is often a scowl at home.
There lies more faith in honest doubt, believe me, than in half the
creeds.
There lies more faith in honest doubt, believe me, than in half the
creeds.
My strength is as the strength of ten, because my heart is pure.
My strength is as the strength of ten, because my heart is pure.
For I'm to be Queen o' the May, mother, I'm to be Queen o' the
May.
For I'm to be Queen o' the May, mother, I'm to be Queen o' the
May.
The great world's altar stairs
That slope through darkness up to God.
The great world's altar stairs
That slope through darkness up to God.
But over all things brooding slept
The quiet sense of something lost.
But over all things brooding slept
The quiet sense of something lost.
