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IN MEMORIAM A.H.H.: 130 by ALFRED TENNYSON

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First Line: THY VOICE IS ON THE ROLLING AIR
Last Line: I SHALL NOT LOSE THEE THO' I DIE.
Subject(s): FRIENDSHIP; GAYS & LESBIANS; RELIGION; HOMOEROTICISM; LESBIANS; GAY WOMEN; GAY MEN; THEOLOGY;

Thy voice is on the rolling air;
I hear thee where the waters run;
Thou standest in the rising sun,
And in the setting thou art fair.

What art thou then? I cannot guess;
But tho' I seem in star and flower
To feel thee some diffusive power,
I do not therefore love thee less.

My love involves the love before;
My love is vaster passion now;
Tho' mix'd with God and Nature thou,
I seem to love thee more and more.

Far off thou art, but ever nigh;
I have thee still, and I rejoice;
I prosper, circled with thy voice;
I shall not lose thee tho' I die.



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