XXXV

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

And round the terraces and round the walls,

While day sank lower or rose higher,

To see those rails with all their knobs and balls,

Burn like a fringe of fire.

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