V

by Alfred, Lord Tennyson · (no date)
Published 01/07/1880
Part of A Character

With lips depressed as he were meek,

Himself unto himself he sold:

Upon himself himself did feed:

Quiet, dispassionate, and cold,

And other than his form of creed,

With chiselled features clear and sleek.

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