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Tennyson, Alfred Lord - In Memoriam A H H - That which we dare invoke to bless
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Alfred Lord Tennyson – from In Memoriam A.H.H
That which we dare invoke to bless
Our dearest faith; our ghastliest doubt
He, They, One, All; within, without
The Power in the darkness whom we guess
I found Him not in world or sun
Or eagle's wing, or insect's eye;
Nor thro' the questions men may try
The petty cobwebs we have spun
If e'er when faith had fallen asleep
I heard a voice 'believe no more'
And heard an ever breaking shore
That tumbled in the Godless deep
A warmth within the breast would melt
The freezing reason's colder part
And like a man in wrath, the heart
Stood up and answered 'I have felt'