"Short swallow-flights of song, that dip Their wings……" — Alfred Lord Tennyson
"Short swallow-flights of song, that dip Their wings in tears, and skim away."
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345 Quotes by Alfred Lord Tennyson
Alfred Lord Tennyson has 345 quotes on this site.
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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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More Dip Quotes
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one of 164 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures.
— Henry Ward Beecher
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I am a huge bull on this country. We will not have a double-dip recession at all. I see our…
— Warren Buffett
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The neo-hippie-dips, the sentimentality-crazed iguana anthropomorphizers, the Chicken Littles, the three-bong-hit William Blakes- thank God these people don't actually go…
— P.J. O'Rourke
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When the quest of a dream has a detour or dip, look beyond your dismay and go finish the trip.
— Wes Fesler
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When neither high purpose nor the categorical imperatives of religion will do, the only argument against suicide is life itself.…
— Al Alvarez
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Suicidal thinking, if serious, can be a kind of death scare, comparable to suffering a heart attack or undergoing a…
— Edward Hoagland
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I assume my stance, and take back the club, low, slowly; at the top, my eyes fog over, and my…
— John Updike
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The suit was so clumsy, being pressurized, it was impossible to get two hands comfortably on the handle and it's…
— Alan Shepard
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On Friday the 13th, April 2029, an asteroid large enough to fill the Rose Bowl as though it were an…
— Neil deGrasse Tyson
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Even those who venture to dip a toe in the pond of risk never allow themselves to get used to…
— David Viscott
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One ought only to write when one leaves a piece of one's own flesh in the inkpot, each time one…
— Leo Tolstoy
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I'm a parent, especially when you've had the intense parenting the way I had. It's all in the bank. It's…
— Hector Elizondo
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