by Alfred Tennyson, Lord (1809 - 1892)

Language: English 
Whatever I have said or sung,
   Some bitter notes my harp would give,
   Yea, tho' there often seem'd to live
A contradiction on the tongue,

Yet Hope had never lost her youth;
   She did but look through dimmer eyes;
   Or Love but play'd with gracious lies,
Because he felt so fix'd in truth:

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Composition:

    Set to music by Liza Lehmann (1862 - 1918), "Epilogue", 1899, stanzas 1-2, from In Memoriam, no. 14, optional; spoken

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This text was added to the website: 2009-01-12
Line count: 16
Word count: 106