Death & Dying

Claribel

by Alfred, Lord Tennyson 1809–1892

From Poems (1843)

Death & Dying

Where Claribel low-lieth
The breezes pause and die,
Letting the rose-leaves fall:
But the solemn oak-tree sigheth,
Thick-leaved, ambrosial,
With an ancient melody
Of an inward agony,
Where Claribel low-lieth.

At eve the beetle boometh
Athwart the thicket lone:

At noon the wild bee hummeth
About the moss'd headstone:
At midnight the moon cometh,
And looketh down alone.
Her song the lintwhite swelleth,
The clear-voiced mavis dwelleth,
The fledgling throstle lispeth,
The slumbrous wave outwelleth,
The babbling runnel crispeth,
The hollow grot replieth
Where Claribel low-lieth.

MLA

Tennyson, Alfred, Lord. “Claribel.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/tennyson/260/.

Chicago

Tennyson, Alfred, Lord. “Claribel.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/tennyson/260/.

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