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Alfred, Lord Tennyson on Faith

1809–1892 England

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To persecute
Makes a faith hated, and is furthermore
No perfect witness of a perfect faith
In him who persecutes.

Queen Mary: A Drama (1876)

In our windy world
What's up is faith, what's down is heresy.

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

There lives more faith in honest doubt,
Believe me, than in half the creeds.

In Memoriam A.H.H (1849)

Whose faith has centre everywhere,
Nor cares to fix itself to form.

In Memoriam A.H.H (1849)

How sweet to have a common faith!
To hold a common scorn of death!

Supposed Confessions (1830)

Cleave ever to the sunnier side of doubt,
And cling to Faith beyond the forms of Faith.

The Ancient Sage (1885)

What use to brood? This life of mingled pains
And joys to me,
Despite of every Faith and Creed, remains
The Mystery.

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