A Farewell by Alfred, Lord Tennyson

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A Farewell

Flow down, cold rivulet, to the sea,
Thy tribute wave deliver:
No more by thee my steps shall be,
For ever and for ever.

Flow, softly flow, by lawn and lea,
A rivulet then a river;
No where by thee my steps shall be,
For ever and for ever.

But here will sigh thine alder tree,
And here thine aspen shiver;
And here by thee will hum the bee,
For ever and for ever.

A thousand suns will stream on thee,
A thousand moons will quiver;
But not by thee my steps shall be,
For ever and for ever.

Alfred, Lord Tennyson

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Mark 4982 (2/17/2005 11:40:00 AM)
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This poem reminds me of my mortality juxtiposed against the relative permanance of nature. I feel somewhat sentimental that I will be gone and everything else will continue without me. 'For ever and for ever' reminds of the great significance of my extinction.

Mark