Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE PRINCESS: SONG, by ALFRED TENNYSON


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First Line: Home they brought her warrior dead
Last Line: "sweet my child, I live for thee."
Alternate Author Name(s): Tennyson, Lord Alfred; Tennyson, 1st Baron; Tennyson Of Aldworth And Farringford, Baron


Home they brought her warrior dead:
She nor swooned, nor uttered cry;
All her maidens, watching, said,
"She must weep or she will die."
Then they praised him, soft and low,
Called him worthy to be loved,
Truest friend and noblest foe;
Yet she neither spoke nor moved.
Stole a maiden from her place,
Lightly to the warrior stept,
Took the face-cloth from the face;
Yet she neither moved nor wept.
Rose a nurse of ninety years,
Set his child upon her knee, --
Like summer tempest came her tears,
"Sweet my child, I live for thee."




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