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For one fair Vision ever fled Down the waste waters day and night, And still we follow where she led, In hope to gain upon her flight. Her face was evermore unseen, And fixt upon the far sea-line; But each man murmured, “O my Queen, I follow till I make thee mine!” And now we lost her, now she gleamed Like Fancy made of golden air. Now nearer to the prow she seemed Like Virtue firm, like Knowledge fair, Now high on waves that idly burst Like Heavenly Hope she crowned the sea, And now, the bloodless point reversed, She bore the blade of Liberty.
For one fair Vision ever fled Down the waste waters day and night, And still we follow where she led, In hope to gain upon her flight. Her face was evermore unseen, And fixt upon the far sea-line; But each man murmured, “O my Queen, I follow till I make thee mine!” And now we lost her, now she gleamed Like Fancy made of golden air. Now nearer to the prow she seemed Like Virtue firm, like Knowledge fair, Now high on waves that idly burst Like Heavenly Hope she crowned the sea, And now, the bloodless point reversed, She bore the blade of Liberty.
Approximate author period: c. 1850 AD · industrial
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- Alfred Tennyson
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- Approximate author period: c. 1850 AD · industrial
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- My Commonplace Book (third English edition,1921) (1921 AD)
Page 156 · printed citation: Tennyson (The Voyage). · compiler notes excluded
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