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The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations Preface

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Ring in the Christ that is to be.<br />

‘In Memoriam A. H. H.’ (1850) canto 106<br />

Not the schoolboy heat,<br />

<strong>The</strong> blind hysterics <strong>of</strong> the Celt.<br />

‘In Memoriam A. H. H.’ (1850) canto 109<br />

Now fades the last long streak <strong>of</strong> snow,<br />

Now burgeons every maze <strong>of</strong> quick<br />

About the flowering squares, and thick<br />

By ashen roots the violets blow.<br />

‘In Memoriam A. H. H.’ (1850) canto 115<br />

And drowned in yonder living blue<br />

<strong>The</strong> lark becomes a sightless song.<br />

‘In Memoriam A. H. H.’ (1850) canto 115<br />

<strong>The</strong>re, where the long street roars, hath been<br />

<strong>The</strong> stillness <strong>of</strong> the central sea.<br />

‘In Memoriam A. H. H.’ (1850) canto 123<br />

And thou art worthy; full <strong>of</strong> power;<br />

As gentle; liberal-minded, great,<br />

Consistent; wearing all that weight<br />

Of learning lightly like a flower.<br />

‘In Memoriam A. H. H.’ (1850) canto 131, st. 13<br />

One God, one law, one element,<br />

And one far-<strong>of</strong>f divine event,<br />

To which the whole creation moves.<br />

‘In Memoriam A. H. H.’ (1850) canto 131, closing lines<br />

<strong>The</strong> voice <strong>of</strong> the dead was a living voice to me.<br />

‘In the Valley <strong>of</strong> Cauteretz’ (1864)<br />

Below the thunders <strong>of</strong> the upper deep;<br />

Far, far beneath in the abysmal sea,<br />

His ancient, dreamless, uninvaded sleep<br />

<strong>The</strong> Kraken sleepeth.<br />

‘<strong>The</strong> Kraken’ (1830)<br />

<strong>The</strong>re hath he lain for ages and will lie<br />

Battening upon huge seaworms in his sleep,<br />

Until the latter fire shall heat the deep.<br />

‘<strong>The</strong> Kraken’ (1830)<br />

At me you smiled, but unbeguiled<br />

I saw the snare, and I retired:<br />

<strong>The</strong> daughter <strong>of</strong> a hundred Earls,<br />

You are not one to be desired.

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