Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, IN MEMORIAM A.H.H.: 47, by ALFRED TENNYSON


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First Line: That each, who seems a separate whole
Last Line: Farewell! We lose ourselves in light.'
Alternate Author Name(s): Tennyson, Lord Alfred; Tennyson, 1st Baron; Tennyson Of Aldworth And Farringford, Baron
Variant Title(s): Personal Resurrection
Subject(s): Death; Mourning; Dead, The; Bereavement


That each, who seems a separate whole,
Should move his rounds, and fusing all
The skirts of self again, should fall
Remerging in the general Soul,

Is faith as vague as all unsweet.
Eternal form shall still divide
The eternal soul from all beside;
And I shall know him when we meet;

And we shall sit at endless feast,
Enjoying each the other's good.
What vaster dream can hit the mood
Of Love on earth? He seeks at least

Upon the last and sharpest height,
Before the spirits fade away,
Some landing-place, to clasp and say,
'Farewell! We lose ourselves in light.'






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