Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, LOVE, PRIDE, AND FORGETFULNESS, by ALFRED TENNYSON


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First Line: Ere yet my heart was sweet love's tomb
Last Line: What marvel that she died?
Alternate Author Name(s): Tennyson, Lord Alfred; Tennyson, 1st Baron; Tennyson Of Aldworth And Farringford, Baron
Subject(s): Forgetfulness; Love; Pride; Self-esteem; Self-respect


ERE yet my heart was sweet Love's tomb,
Love labored honey busily.
I was the hive, and Love the bee,
My heart the honeycomb.
One very dark and chilly night
Pride came beneath and held a light.

The cruel vapors went through all,
Sweet Love was withered in his cell:
Pride took Love's sweets, and by a spell
Did change them into gall;
And Memory, though fed by Pride,
Did wax so thin on gall,
Awhile she scarcely lived at all.
What marvel that she died?







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