Maud · 1855
Part I, XV
So dark a mind within me dwells,
And I make myself such evil cheer,
That if I be dear to some one else,
Then some one else may have much to fear;
But if I be dear to some one else,
Then I should be to myself more dear.
Shall I not take care of all that I think,
Yea ev'n of wretched meat and drink,
If I be dear,
If I be dear to some one else.
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Tennyson, Alfred, Lord. Maud, Part I, XV. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/work/maud-tennyson/14/.
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Tennyson, Alfred, Lord. Maud, Part I, XV. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/work/maud-tennyson/14/.