Native Quotes by Alfred Lord Tennyson

Faith and unfaith can ne'er be equal powers; Unfaith is aught is want of faith in all.

— Alfred Lord Tennyson

There is sweet music here that softer falls Than petals from blown roses on the grass.

— Alfred Lord Tennyson

The still affection of the heart Became an outward breathing type, That into stillness past again, And left a want unknown before; Although the…

— Alfred Lord Tennyson

I do but sing because I must; and pipe but as the linnets sing.

— Alfred Lord Tennyson

Here about the beach I wandered, nourishing a youth sublime With the fairy tales of science, and the long result of Time.

— Alfred Lord Tennyson

So now I have sworn to bury All this dead body of hate I feel so free and so clear By the loss of…

— Alfred Lord Tennyson

The jingling of the guinea helps the hurt that Honor feels.

— Alfred Lord Tennyson

I come from haunts of coot and hern, I make a sudden sally And sparkle out among the fern, To bicker down a valley.

— Alfred Lord Tennyson

Willows whiten, aspens quiver, Little breezes dusk and shiver.

— Alfred Lord Tennyson

Cast all your cares on God; that anchor holds.

— Alfred Lord Tennyson

Such a one do I remember, whom to look at was love.

— Alfred Lord Tennyson

If Nature put not forth her power About the opening of the flower, Who is it that could live an hour?

— Alfred Lord Tennyson