Classic and Contemporary Poetry
IN MEMORIAM A.H.H.: 94, by ALFRED TENNYSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: How pure at heart and sound in head Last Line: And hear the household jar within. Alternate Author Name(s): Tennyson, Lord Alfred; Tennyson, 1st Baron; Tennyson Of Aldworth And Farringford, Baron Variant Title(s): Spiritual Communions;spiritual Companionship Subject(s): Hallam, Arthur Henry (1811-1833); Death; Mourning; Friendship; Dead, The | ||||||||
How pure at heart and sound in head, With what divine affections bold, Should be the man whose thought would hold An hour's communion with the dead. In vain shalt thou, or any, call The spirits from their golden day, Except, like them, thou too canst say, My spirit is at peace with all. They haunt the silence of the breast, Imagination calm and fair, The memory like a cloudless air, The conscience as a sea at rest: But when the heart is full of din, And doubt beside the portals waits, They can but listen at the gates, And hear the household jar within. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A FRIEND KILLED IN THE WAR by ANTHONY HECHT FOR JAMES MERRILL: AN ADIEU by ANTHONY HECHT TARANTULA: OR THE DANCE OF DEATH by ANTHONY HECHT CHAMPS D?ÇÖHONNEUR by ERNEST HEMINGWAY NOTE TO REALITY by TONY HOAGLAND A CHARACTER by ALFRED TENNYSON |
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