560 Quotes by Alfred Lord Tennyson

I do but sing because I must; and pipe but as the linnets sing.

In the Spring a livelier iris changes on the burnish'd dove; In the Spring a young man's fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love.

No rock so hard but that a little wave may beat admission in a thousand years.

The smell of violets, hidden in the green, Pour'd back into my empty soul and frame The times when I remembered to have been Joyful and free from blame.

And sometimes through the mirror blue The knights come riding two and two.

That tower of strength Which stood four-square to all the winds that blew.

Sunset and evening star, And one clear call for me! And may there be no moaning of the bar When I put out to sea.

But while I breathe Heaven's air and Heaven looks down on me, And smiles at my best meanings, I remain Mistress of mine own self and mine own soul.

There is always change, bad customs pass and give way to better ones.