by Alfred Tennyson, Lord (1809 - 1892)
All thoughts, all creeds, all dreams are...
Language: English
I
All thoughts, all creeds, all dreams are true,
All visions wild and strange;
Man is the measure of all truth
Unto himself. All truth is change:
All men do walk in sleep, and all
Have faith in that they dream:
For all things are as they seem to all,
And all things flow like a stream.
II
There is no rest, no calm, no pause,
Nor good nor ill, nor light nor shade,
Nor essence nor eternal laws:
For nothing is, but all is made,
But if I dream that all these are,
They are to me for that I dream;
For all things are as they seem to all,
And all things flow like a stream.
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Argal. — This very opinion is only true relatively to the flowing philosophers. (Tennyson's note.)Text Authorship:
- by Alfred Tennyson, Lord (1809 - 1892), "οἱ ρἑοντες" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Klaus Miehling (b. 1963), " ͑οι ͑ρέοντες", op. 145 no. 3 (2008), published 2014 [ four-part mixed chorus ], from Three Poems by Alfred Tennyson, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2014-09-16
Line count: 18
Word count: 118