Select Poems of Alfred Lord Tennyson Author:Baron Alfred Tennyson Tennyson General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1895 Original Publisher: Houghton, Mifflin Subjects: Literary Criticism / General Literary Criticism / Poetry Poetry / General Poetry / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be... more » typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: I wonder'd, while I paced along: The woods were fill'd so full with song, There seem'd no room for sense of wrong; And all so variously wrought, I marvell'd how the mind was brought To anchor by one gloomy thought; And wherefore rather I made choice 460 To commune with that barren voice, Than him that said, ' Rejoice ! rejoice !' ST. AGNES' EVE. Deep on the convent-roof the snows Are sparkling to the moon : My breath to heaven like vapor goes ; May my soul follow soon ! The shadows of the convent-towers Slant down the snowy sward, Still creeping with the creeping hours That lead me to my Lord : Make Thou my spirit pure and clear As are the frosty skies, Or this first snowdrop of the year That in my bosom lies. As these white robes are soil'd and dark, To yonder shining ground ; As this pale taper's earthly spark, To yonder argent round ; So shows my soul before the Lamb, My spirit before Thee ; So in mine earthly house I am, To that I hope to be. Break up the heavens, O Lord ! and far, Thro' all yon starlight keen, Draw me, thy bride, a glittering star, In raiment white and clean. He lifts me to the golden doors : The flashes come and go ; All heaven bursts her starry floors, And strews her lights below, And deepens on and up! the gates - Roll back, and far within 30 For me the Heavenfy Bridegroom waits, v To make me pure of sin. The sabbaths of Eternity, One sabbath deep...« less