III

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

Chaunteth not the brooding bee

Sweeter tones than calumny?

Let them rave.

Thou wilt never raise thine head

From the green that folds thy grave.

Let them rave.

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