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Weeded and worn the ancient thatch Upon the lonely moated grange.
Alfred Lord Tennyson
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Alfred Lord Tennyson
Age: 83 †
Born: 1809
Born: August 6
Died: 1892
Died: October 6
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...and our spirits rushed together at the touching of the lips.
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Our little systems have their day They have their day and cease to be… And thou, O Lord, art more than they.
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From yon blue heavens above us bent The gardener Adam and his wife Smile at the claims of long descent. Howe'er it be, it seems to me, 'Tis only noble to be good. Kind hearts are more than coronets, And simple faith than Norman blood.
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