Lord Alfred Tennyson ( 10 of 46 )
Modred's narrow foxy face,
Heart hiding smile, and gray persistent eye.
Modred's narrow foxy face,
Heart hiding smile, and gray persistent eye.
Others' follies teach us not,
Nor much their wisdom teaches;
And most of sterling worth is what
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Others' follies teach us not,
Nor much their wisdom teaches;
And most of sterling worth is what
Our own experience preaches.
Deception follows on the heels of deception.
Deception follows on the heels of deception.
The far-off interest of tears.
The far-off interest of tears.
The slow, sweet hours that bring us all things good.
The slow, sweet hours that bring us all things good.
Marriages are made in Heaven.
Marriages are made in Heaven.
When his heart is glad
Of the full harvest, I will speak to him.
When his heart is glad
Of the full harvest, I will speak to him.
She only said, My life is dreary,
He cometh not, she said;
She said I am aweary, read more
She only said, My life is dreary,
He cometh not, she said;
She said I am aweary, aweary,
Oh God, that I were dead.
To pluck the vicious quitch
Of blood and custom wholly out of him,
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To pluck the vicious quitch
Of blood and custom wholly out of him,
And make all clean and plant himself afresh.
He who says what he likes, must hear what he does not like.
He who says what he likes, must hear what he does not like.
