IV

by Alfred, Lord Tennyson · (no date)
Published 01/07/1880
Part of The Palace of Art

"While the world runs round and round," I said,

⁠"Reign thou apart, a quiet king;

Still as, while Saturn whirls, his steadfast shade

⁠Sleeps on his luminous ring.

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