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Alfred Lord Tennyson, Vol. 1 of 4: A Memoir

Hallam Tennyson

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Excerpt from Alfred Lord Tennyson, Vol. 1 of 4: A Memoir
Unpublished Sonnet
.
Old ghosts whose day was done ere mine began,
If earth be seen from your conjectured heaven,
Ye know that History is half-dream - ay even
The mans life in the letters of the man.
There lies the letter, but it is not he
As he retires into himself and is:
Sender and sent-to go to make up this,
Their offspring of this union. And on me
Frown not, old ghosts, if I be one of those
Who make you utter things you did not say,
And mould you all awry and mar your worth;
For whatsoever knows us truly, knows
That none can truly write his single day,
And none can write it for him upon earth.
"History is half-dream - ay even
The man's life in the letters of the man";
but besides the letters of my father and of his friends there are his poems, and in these we must look for the innermost sanctuary of his being.

Language: English

Pages: 306

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Release: January 26, 2019

ISBN: 1331217342

ISBN 13: 9781331217343

Alfred Lord Tennyson, Vol. 1 of 4: A Memoir

Hallam Tennyson

0/5 ( ratings)

Excerpt from Alfred Lord Tennyson, Vol. 1 of 4: A Memoir
Unpublished Sonnet
.
Old ghosts whose day was done ere mine began,
If earth be seen from your conjectured heaven,
Ye know that History is half-dream - ay even
The mans life in the letters of the man.
There lies the letter, but it is not he
As he retires into himself and is:
Sender and sent-to go to make up this,
Their offspring of this union. And on me
Frown not, old ghosts, if I be one of those
Who make you utter things you did not say,
And mould you all awry and mar your worth;
For whatsoever knows us truly, knows
That none can truly write his single day,
And none can write it for him upon earth.
"History is half-dream - ay even
The man's life in the letters of the man";
but besides the letters of my father and of his friends there are his poems, and in these we must look for the innermost sanctuary of his being.

Language: English

Pages: 306

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Release: January 26, 2019

ISBN: 1331217342

ISBN 13: 9781331217343

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