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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A DEDICATION, by ALFRED TENNYSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Dear, near and true - no truer time himself Last Line: Which in our winter woodland looks a flower. Alternate Author Name(s): Tennyson, Lord Alfred; Tennyson, 1st Baron; Tennyson Of Aldworth And Farringford, Baron Subject(s): Tennyson, Emily Sellwood | |||
DEAR, near and true, -- no truer Time himself Can prove you, tho' he make you evermore Dearer and nearer, as the rapid of life Shoots to the fall, -- take this and pray that he Who wrote it, honoring your sweet faith in him, May trust himself; and after praise and scorn, As one who feels the immeasurable world, Attain the wise indifference of the wise; And after autumn past -- if left to pass His autumn into seeming-leafless days -- Draw toward the long frost and longest night, Wearing his wisdom lightly, like the fruit Which in our winter woodland looks a flower. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A CHARACTER by ALFRED TENNYSON A DREAM OF FAIR WOMEN by ALFRED TENNYSON BREAK, BREAK, BREAK by ALFRED TENNYSON CROSSING THE BAR by ALFRED TENNYSON EDWIN MORRIS; OR, THE LAKE by ALFRED TENNYSON ENGLAND AND AMERICA IN 1782 by ALFRED TENNYSON |
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