"For this is England's greatest son, He that……" — Alfred Lord Tennyson
"For this is England's greatest son, He that gain'd a hundred fights, And never lost an English gun."
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Alfred Lord Tennyson
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345 Quotes by Alfred Lord Tennyson
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Every man, for the sake of the great blessed Mother in Heaven, and for the love of his own little…
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Bible reading is an education in itself.
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God gives us love, someone to love he lends us.
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Love took up the harp of Life, and smote on all the chords with might; Smote the chord of Self,…
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It is the little rift within the lute That by and by will make the music mute, And ever widening…
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He that wrongs a friend Wrongs himself more, and ever bears about A silent court of justice in his breast,…
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Her eyes are homes of silent prayers.
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Whate'er thy joys, they vanish with the day: Whate'er thy griefs, in sleep they fade away, To sleep! to sleep!…
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As love, if love be perfect, casts out fear, so hate, if hate be perfect, casts out fear.
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And wheresoe'er thou move, good luck Shall fling her old shoe after.
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Gone - flitted away, Taken the stars from the night and the sun From the day! Gone, and a cloud…
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Our echoes roll from soul to soul, And grow for ever and for ever.
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