Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ON THE DEATH OF ALFRED TENNYSON, by CONDE BENOIST PALLEN Poet's Biography First Line: Who took the laurel from the brow Last Line: And kept the lily's whiteness fair. Subject(s): Death; Memory; Prayer; Tennyson, Alfred (1809-1892); Dead, The; Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron | ||||||||
Who took the laurel from the brow Of him, who uttered nothing base, And ever bore it in the vase Of purity, O Master, thou, Of virgin song, when round thee beat The lustful rhythm of a time, That welds false passion with false rhyme Like some fierce Titan in the heat Of unregenerate desire; Thou, turning to sublimer spheres, Made measure of the changing years With chastest song, and, all afire With vestal passion fed the flame Of poesy with holy oils; And kept unsullied from the toils Of grosser things the hallowed name Of poet. We who love thy fame And follow still thy luminous star, A beacon light beyond the bar, Pray now for thee the sweet acclaim Of Avalon saluting there Tumultuously the pure of heart, Whose song e'er scorned the baser part, And kept the lily's whiteness fair. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE CHARGE OF THE BREAD BRIGADE by EZRA POUND TO ALFRED TENNYSON by WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR WAPENTAKE; TO ALFRED TENNYSON by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW THE LAY OF THE LOVELORN; PARODY OF TENNYSON'S 'LOCKSLEY HALL' by THEODORE MARTIN TO A POET THAT DIED YOUNG by EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY FACADE: 27. WHEN SIR BEELZEBUB by EDITH SITWELL THE HIGHER PANTHEISM IN A NUTSHELL by ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE A FABLE FOR LYDIA by CONDE BENOIST PALLEN |
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