“There is sweet music here that softer falls
Than petals from blown roses on the grass,
Or night-dews on still waters between walls
Of shadowy granite, in a gleaming pass;
Music that gentlier on the spirit lies,
Than tir'd eyelids upon tir'd eyes.”

— Alfred, Lord Tennyson, The Lotos-Eaters

Choric Song, st. 1
The Lotos-Eaters (1832)

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British poet laureate 1809–1892

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