The Princess: A Medley: Home they Brought her Warrior Dead
July 5, 2023The Letters
July 5, 2023The Princess: A Medley: Ask me no more
Ask me no more: the moon may draw the sea;
The cloud may stoop from heaven and take the shape,
With fold to fold, of mountain or of cape;
But O too fond, when have I answer’d thee?
Ask me no more.
Ask me no more: what answer should I give?
I love not hollow cheek or faded eye:
Yet, O my friend, I will not have thee die!
Ask me no more, lest I should bid thee live;
Ask me no more.
Ask me no more: thy fate and mine are seal’d:
I strove against the stream and all in vain:
Let the great river take me to the main:
No more, dear love, for at a touch I yield;
Ask me no more.
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."