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Fresh as the first beam glittering on a sail

Quote byAlfred Tennyson · 1809–1892

Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Tears, Idle Tears (1850), St. 2.

English (original)

Fresh as the first beam glittering on a sail, That brings our friends up from the underworld, Sad as the last which reddens over one That sinks with all we love below the verge; So sad, so fresh, the days that are no more.

— Alfred Tennyson

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