Lord Alfred Tennyson

Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.

Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.

We issued gorged with knowledge, and I spoke:
"Why, Sirs, they do all this as well as we."
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We issued gorged with knowledge, and I spoke:
"Why, Sirs, they do all this as well as we."
"They hunt old trails" said Cyril, "very well;
But when did woman ever yet invent?"

Gone--flitted away,
Taken the stars from the night and the sun
From the day!
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Gone--flitted away,
Taken the stars from the night and the sun
From the day!
Gone, and a cloud in my heart.

How much of injustice and depravity is sanctioned by custom!

How much of injustice and depravity is sanctioned by custom!

But over all things brooding slept
The quiet sense of something lost.

But over all things brooding slept
The quiet sense of something lost.