And Thought Leapt Out To Wed With Thought Ere Thought Could Wed Itself With Speech.

Large elements in order brought, And tracts of calm from tempest made, And world-wide fluctuation sway'd, In vassal tides that follow'd thought.
-- Alfred Tennyson (1809-1892) -- In Memoriam, cxii, Stanza 4...
The shadow cloak'd from head to foot.
-- Alfred Tennyson (1809-1892) -- In Memoriam, xxiii, Stanza 1...
Who keeps the keys of all the creeds.
-- Alfred Tennyson (1809-1892) -- In Memoriam, xxiii, Stanza 2...
Short swallow-flights of song, that dip Their wings in tears, and skim away.
-- Alfred Tennyson (1809-1892) -- In Memoriam, xlviii, Stanza 4...
The great world's altar-stairs, That slope through darkness up to God.
-- Alfred Tennyson (1809-1892) -- In Memoriam, lv, Stanza 4...
Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky!
-- Alfred Tennyson (1809-1892) -- In Memoriam, cv, Stanza 1...
Whose faith has centre everywhere, Nor cares to fix itself to form.
-- Alfred Tennyson (1809-1892) -- In Memoriam, xxxiii, Stanza 1...
Tis better to have loved and lost Than never to have loved at all.
-- Alfred Lord Tennyson, (1809-1892) In Memoriam, 1850, line 27, stanza 4...
Ring out, ring out my mournful rhymes, But ring the fuller minstrel in!
-- Alfred Tennyson (1809-1892) -- In Memoriam, cv, Stanza 5...