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IN MEMORIAM A.H.H.: 129 by ALFRED TENNYSON

Poet Analysis

First Line: DEAR FRIEND, FAR OFF, MY LOST DESIRE
Last Line: AND MINGLE ALL THE WORLD WITH THEE.
Subject(s): LOVE; RELIGION; THEOLOGY;
Dear friend, far off, my lost desire,
So far, so near in woe and weal,
O loved the most, when most I feel
There is a lower and a higher;

Known and unknown, human, divine;
Sweet human hand and lips and eye;
Dear heavenly friend that canst not die,
Mine, mine, for ever, ever mine;

Strange friend, past, present, and to be;
Loved deeplier, darklier understood;
Behold, I dream a dream of good,
And mingle all the world with thee.



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