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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
IN MEMORIAM A.H.H.: 69, by ALFRED TENNYSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I dream'd there would be spring no more Last Line: The words were hard to understand. Alternate Author Name(s): Tennyson, Lord Alfred; Tennyson, 1st Baron; Tennyson Of Aldworth And Farringford, Baron Subject(s): Hallam, Arthur Henry (1811-1833); Death; Mourning; Friendship | |||
I dream'd there would be Spring no more, That Nature's ancient power was lost; The streets were black with smoke and frost, They chatter'd trifles at the door; I wander'd from the noisy town, I found a wood with thorny boughs; I took the thorns to bind my brows, I wore them like a civic crown; I met with scoffs, I met with scorns From youth and babe and hoary hairs: They call'd me in the public squares The fool that wears a crown of thorns. They call'd me fool, they call'd me child: I found an angel of the night; The voice was low, the look was bright; He look'd upon my crown and smiled. He reach'd the glory of a hand, That seem'd to touch it into leaf; The voice was not the voice of grief, The words were hard to understand. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...YOU & I BELONG IN THIS KITCHEN by JUAN FELIPE HERRERA JASON THE REAL by TONY HOAGLAND NO RESURRECTION by ROBINSON JEFFERS CHAMBER MUSIC: 17 by JAMES JOYCE CHAMBER MUSIC: 18 by JAMES JOYCE THE STONE TABLE by GALWAY KINNELL ALMSWOMAN by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN TO AN ENEMY by MAXWELL BODENHEIM SONNET: 10. TO A FRIEND by WILLIAM LISLE BOWLES A CHARACTER by ALFRED TENNYSON |
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