I

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

O sun, that from thy noonday height

Shudderest when I strain my sight,

Throbbing thro' all thy heat and light,

      Lo, falling from my constant mind,

      Lo, parch'd and wither'd, deaf and blind,

      I whirl like leaves in roaring wind.

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