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In Memoriam A.H.H. - A moving elegy exploring the depths of grief, what it means to live and love, friendship, our relationship with the natural and the Divine... it was a little long and meandering at times and I felt like the grief journey was almost idolized to a degree which didn't sit well with me, but who am I to judge how someone grieves? Not a favourite poem of all time but moving nonetheless!

"These mortal lullabies of pain
May bind a book, may line a box,
May serve to curl a maiden's locks;
Or when a thousand moons shall wane

A man upon a stall may find,
And, passing, turn the page that tells
A grief, then changd to something else,
Sung by a long-forgotten mind."

I loooove these verses. Beautiful way Tennyson's describes his poetry.

"I hold it true, whate'er befall;
I feel it, when I sorrow most;
'Tis better to have loved and lost
Than never to have loved at all."

So many of these poems are inspired by Greek myth, I wish I had a stronger understanding of a lot of these stories. Tennyson is definitely making my interest in mythology sky rocket!

Just read the Lady of Shalott a couple weeks ago... why not read it again?? 😂