Authority forgets a dying king.

Quote by Alfred Lord Tennyson

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The happiness of a man in this life does not consist in the absence but...

The happiness of a man in this life does not consist in the absence but...

I am a part of all that I have met; yet all experience is an...

I am a part of all that I have met; yet all experience is an...

All experience is an arch wherethrough gleams that untravelled world whose margin fades for ever...

All experience is an arch wherethrough gleams that untravelled world whose margin fades for ever...

To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.

To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.

Man is the hunter; woman is his game. The sleek and shining creatures of the...

Man is the hunter; woman is his game. The sleek and shining creatures of the...

It is not because God is irrational that we cannot comprehend him; it is because...

It is not because God is irrational that we cannot comprehend him; it is because...

Let the great world spin for ever down the ringing grooves of change.

Let the great world spin for ever down the ringing grooves of change.

So many worlds, so much to do, so little done, such things to be.

So many worlds, so much to do, so little done, such things to be.

Oh that it were possible, After long grief and pain, To find the arms of...

Oh that it were possible, After long grief and pain, To find the arms of...

O earth, what changes hast thou seen!

O earth, what changes hast thou seen!

He makes no friends who never made a foe.

He makes no friends who never made a foe.

Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.

Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.

'Tis the little rift within the lute - That by and by will make the...

'Tis the little rift within the lute - That by and by will make the...

More things are wrought by prayer than this world dreams of.

More things are wrought by prayer than this world dreams of.

Her eyes are homes of silent prayers.

Her eyes are homes of silent prayers.

Love is the only gold.

Love is the only gold.

Shape your heart to front the hour, but dream not that the hours will last.

Shape your heart to front the hour, but dream not that the hours will last.

My strength has the strength of ten because my heart is pure.

My strength has the strength of ten because my heart is pure.

A day may sink or save a realm.

A day may sink or save a realm.

Theirs is not to make reply: Theirs is not to reason why: Theirs is but...

Theirs is not to make reply: Theirs is not to reason why: Theirs is but...