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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONNET (10), by ALFRED TENNYSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: There are three things which fill my heart with sighs Last Line: And dazzled to the heart with glorious pain. Alternate Author Name(s): Tennyson, Lord Alfred; Tennyson, 1st Baron; Tennyson Of Aldworth And Farringford, Baron | |||
THERE are three things which fill my heart with sighs, And steep my soul in laughter (when I view Fair maiden-forms moving like melodies) -- Dimples, roselips, and eyes of any hue. There are three things beneath the blessed skies For which I live -- black eyes and brown and blue: I hold them all most dear; but oh! black eyes, I live and die, and only die in you. Of late such eyes looked at me -- while I mused, At sunset, underneath a shadowy plane, In old Bayona nigh the southern sea -- From an half-open lattice looked at me. I saw no more -- only those eyes -- confused And dazzled to the heart with glorious pain. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A DEDICATION by ALFRED TENNYSON A DREAM OF FAIR WOMEN by ALFRED TENNYSON BREAK, BREAK, BREAK by ALFRED TENNYSON CROSSING THE BAR by ALFRED TENNYSON EDWIN MORRIS; OR, THE LAKE by ALFRED TENNYSON ENGLAND AND AMERICA IN 1782 by ALFRED TENNYSON ENOCH ARDEN by ALFRED TENNYSON |
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