Sir Launcelot and Queen Guinevere
July 5, 2023Mariana in the Moated Grange
July 5, 2023O, Were I Loved As I Desire To Be!
O, were I loved as I desire to be!
What is there in the great sphere of the earth,
Or range of evil between death and birth,
That I should fear, – if I were loved by thee!
All the inner, all the outer world of pain,
Clear love would pierce and cleave, if thou wert mine;
As I have heard that somewhere in the main
Fresh-water springs come up through bitter brine.
‘I were joy, not fear, clasped hand in hand with thee,
To wait for death – mute – careless of all ills,
Apart upon a mountain, though the surge
Of some new deluge from a thousand hills
Flung leagues of roaring foam into the gorge
Below us, as far on as eye could see.
Alfred Lord Tennyson
Alfred Lord Tennyson (1809-1892) was a British poet who served as Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom during Queen Victoria's reign. Some of his most famous works include "The Charge of the Light Brigade," "Ulysses," and "In Memoriam A.H.H."