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Tennyson, Alfred Lord - The Lotus Eaters - There is sweet music here
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Alfred Lord Tennyson – from The Lotus Eaters
There is sweet music here that softer falls
Than petals from blown roses on the grass
Or night dews on still waters between walls
Of shadowy granite, in a gleaming pass;
Music that gentlier on the spirit lies,
Than tired eyelids upon tired eyes;
Music that brings sweet sleep down from the blissful skies
Here are cool mosses deep
And thro' the moss, the ivies creep
And in the stream the long-leaved flowers weep
And from the craggy ledge the poppy hangs in sleep.