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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Carol Rumens

Poem of the week: Break, Break, Break by Alfred Tennyson

‘I would that my tongue could utter / The thoughts that arise in me’ … Alfred Tennyson.
‘I would that my tongue could utter / The thoughts that arise in me’ … Alfred Tennyson. Photograph: Heritage Image Partnership Ltd/Alamy

Break, Break, Break

Break, break, break,
On thy cold gray stones, O Sea!
And I would that my tongue could utter
The thoughts that arise in me.

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