Quotes from Alfred Lord Tennyson
And out of darkness came the hands that reach thro' nature, moulding men.
- Alfred Lord Tennyson
Believe me, than in half the creeds.
- Alfred Lord Tennyson
Guard your roving thoughts with a jealous care, for speech is but the dealer of thoughts, and every fool can plainly read in your words what is the hour of your thoughts.
- Alfred Lord Tennyson
Self-reverence, self-knowledge, self-control; these three alone lead life to sovereign power.
- Alfred Lord Tennyson
The time draws near the birth of Christ; The moon is hid; the night is still; The Christmas bells from hill to hill Answer each other in the mist.
- Alfred Lord Tennyson
Every moment dies a man, Every moment one is born.
- Alfred Lord Tennyson
That which we are, we are, and if we are ever to be any better, now is the time to begin.
- Alfred Lord Tennyson
O mighty-mouthed inventor of harmonies, O skilled to sing of Time or Eternity, God-gifted organ-voice of England, Milton, a name to resound for ages.
- Alfred Lord Tennyson
Jewels five-words-long, That on the stretch'd forefinger of all Time Sparkle forever.
- Alfred Lord Tennyson
I loved you, and my love had no return, And therefore my true love has been my death.
- Alfred Lord Tennyson
Sin is too stupid to see beyond itself.
- Alfred Lord Tennyson
...and our spirits rushed together at the touching of the lips.
- Alfred Lord Tennyson