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Alfred, Lord Tennyson on Death

1809–1892 England

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Whatever crazy sorrow saith,
No life that breathes with human breath
Has ever truly long'd for death.

Sleep sweetly, tender heart, in peace!
Sleep, holy spirit, blessed soul,
While the stars burn, the moons increase,
And the great ages onward roll.

Our father's dust is left alone
And silent under other snows.

In Memoriam A.H.H (1849)

The great world's altar-stairs
That slope thro' darkness up to God.

In Memoriam A.H.H (1849)

Twilight and evening bell,
And after that the dark!
And may there be no sadness of farewell,
When I embark.

Crossing the Bar (1889)

The night comes on that knows not morn,
When I shall cease to be all alone,
To live forgotten, and love forlorn.

Death has made
His darkness beautiful with thee.

In Memoriam A.H.H (1849)

Kings have no such couch as thine,
As the green that folds thy grave.

Sunset and evening star,
And one clear call for me!
And may there be no moaning of the bar,
When I put out to sea.

Crossing the Bar (1889)

God's finger touched him, and he slept.

In Memoriam A.H.H (1849)

But O! for the touch of a vanish'd hand,
And the sound of a voice that is still!

For tho' from out our bourne of Time and Place
The flood may bear me far,
I hope to see my Pilot face to face
When I have crossed the bar.

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