Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TENNYSON, by FLORENCE EARLE COATES First Line: How beautiful to live as thou didst live Last Line: At rest in all the best that love could give! Subject(s): Tennyson, Alfred (1809-1892); Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron | ||||||||
How beautiful to live as thou didst live! How beautiful to die as thou didst die, -- In moonlight of the night, without a sigh, At rest in all the best that love could give! How excellent to bear into old age The poet's ardor and the heart of youth, -- To keep to the last sleep the vow of truth, And leave to lands that grieve a glowing page! How glorious to feel the spirit's power Unbroken by the near approach of death, To breathe blest prophecies with failing breath, Soul-bound to beauty in that latest hour! How sweet to greet, in final kinship owned, The master-spirit to thy dreams so dear, -- At last from his immortal lips to hear The dirge for Imogen, and thee, intoned! How beautiful to live as thou didst live! How beautiful to die as thou didst die, -- In moonlight of the night, without a sigh, At rest in all the best that love could give! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE CHARGE OF THE BREAD BRIGADE by EZRA POUND TO ALFRED TENNYSON by WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR WAPENTAKE; TO ALFRED TENNYSON by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW THE LAY OF THE LOVELORN; PARODY OF TENNYSON'S 'LOCKSLEY HALL' by THEODORE MARTIN TO A POET THAT DIED YOUNG by EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY FACADE: 27. WHEN SIR BEELZEBUB by EDITH SITWELL THE HIGHER PANTHEISM IN A NUTSHELL by ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE A NARROW WINDOW by FLORENCE EARLE COATES |
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