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STANZA by ALFRED TENNYSON

Poet Analysis

First Line: NOT HE THAT BREAKS THE DAMS, BUT HE
Last Line: HIS NAME IS PURE, HIS FAME IS FREE.
Subject(s): POLITICS & GOVERNMENT;
NOT he that breaks the dams, but he
That thro' the channels of the State
Convoys the people's wish, is great;
His name is pure, his fame is free.





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