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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ALFRED, LORD TENNYSON, by HENRY AUSTIN DOBSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Grief there will be, and may Last Line: Filled with renown. Alternate Author Name(s): Dobson, Austin Subject(s): Tennyson, Alfred (1809-1892); Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron | |||
GRIEF there will be, and may, When King Apollo's bay Is cut midwise; Grief that a song is stilled, Grief for the unfulfilled Singer that dies. Not so we mourn thee now, Not so we grieve that thou, MASTER, art passed, Since thou thy song didst raise, Through the full round of days, E'en to the last. Grief there may be, and will, When that the singer still Sinks in the song; When that the winged rhyme Fails of the promised prime, Ruined and wrong. Not thus we mourn thee -- we -- Not thus we grieve for thee, MASTER and Friend; Since, like a clearing flame, Clearer thy pure song came E'en to the end. Nay -- nor for thee we grieve E'en as for those that leave Life without name; Lost as the stars that set, Empty of men's regret, Empty of fame. Rather we count thee one Who, when his race is run, Layeth him down, Calm -- through all coming days, Filled with a nation's praise, Filled with renown. | 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 FANCY FROM FONTENELLE by HENRY AUSTIN DOBSON |
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