Death & Dying
Epitaph on Lord Stratford de Redcliffe
From Tiresias and Other Poems (1885)
Death & Dying
THOU third great Canning, stand among our best
And noblest, now thy long day's work hath ceased,
Here silent in our Minster of the West
Who wert the voice of England in the East.
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Tennyson, Alfred, Lord. “Epitaph on Lord Stratford de Redcliffe.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/tennyson/400/.
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Tennyson, Alfred, Lord. “Epitaph on Lord Stratford de Redcliffe.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/tennyson/400/.
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