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To Alfred Tennyson - ZaunköniG - 02.03.2008 To Alfred Tennyson Long have I known thee as thou art in song, And long enjoy'd the perfume that exhales From thy pure soul, and odour sweet entails And permanence, on thoughts that float along The stream of life, to join the passive throng Of shades and echoes that are memory's being. Hearing we hear not, and we see not seeing, If passion, fancy, faith move not among The never-present moments of reflection. Long have I view'd thee in the crystal sphere Of verse, that, like the beryl, makes appear Visions of hope, begot of recollection. Knowing thee now, a real earth-treading man, Not less I love thee, and no more i can. |