Sunset and evening star, And one clear call for me! And may there be no moaning of the bar, When I put out to sea. Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Doubt and Skepticism
There lives more faith in honest doubt, Believe me, than in half the creeds. Alfred, Lord Tennyson: In Memoriam
Dreams and Dreamers
Dreams are true while they last, and do we not live in dreams?Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Enemies
He makes no friend who never made a foe.Alfred, Lord Tennyson: The Idylls of the King
Experience
I am a part of all that I have met; Yet all experience is an arch wherethro' Gleams that untravell'd world whose margin fades For ever and for ever when I move. Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Goodness
'Tis only noble to be good. Kind hearts are more than coronets, And simple faith than Norman blood. Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Holidays
Ring out the old, ring in the new, Ring, happy bells, across the snow: The year is going, let him go; Ring out the false, ring in the true. Alfred, Lord Tennyson: In Memoriam
Kissing
Dear as remember'd kisses after death, And sweet as those by hopeless fancy feign'd On lips that are for others. Alfred, Lord Tennyson: The Princess
Loss
And the stately ships go on To their haven under the hill; But O for the touch of a vanish'd hand, And the sound of a voice that is still! Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Love
'Tis better to have loved and lost Than never to have loved at all. Alfred, Lord Tennyson: In Memoriam
Nature
Nature, red in tooth and claw.Alfred, Lord Tennyson: In Memoriam
Nature
I chatter, chatter, as I flow, To join the brimming river, For men may come and men may go, But I go on forever. Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Nostalgia
Deep as love, Deep as first love, and wild with all regret; O Death in Life, the days that are no more! Alfred, Lord Tennyson: The Princess
Obedience
Theirs not to make reply, Theirs not to reason why, Theirs but to do and die. Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Prayer
If thou shouldst never see my face again, Pray for my soul. More things are wrought by prayer Than this world dreams of. Alfred, Lord Tennyson: The Idylls of the King
Seasons
In the spring a young man's fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love.Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Self-Control
Self-reverence, self-knowledge, self-control, These three alone lead life to sovereign power. Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Statistics
Every moment dies a man, Every moment one is born. Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Strength
My strength is as the strength of ten, Because my heart is pure. Alfred, Lord Tennyson
The Sea
Break, break, break, On thy cold gray stones, O sea! And I would that my tongue could utter The thoughts that arise in me. Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Times of Day
Come into the garden, Maud, For the black bat, night, has flown. Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Maud
Travel
I cannot rest from travel; I will drink Life to the lees. Alfred, Lord Tennyson