In the Garden at Swainston. Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809-1892). Swainston. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. 1876-79. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes. England: Vols. I-IV

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
England: Vols. I–IV. 1876–79.

Swainston

In the Garden at Swainston

Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809–1892)


NIGHTINGALES warbled without,
Within was weeping for thee:
Shadows of three dead men
Walked in the walks with me,
Shadows of three dead men, and thou wast one of the three.	5

Nightingales sang in his woods:
The Master was far away:
Nightingales warbled and sang
Of a passion that lasts but a day;
Still in the house in his coffin the Prince of courtesy lay.	10

Two dead men have I known
In courtesy like to thee:
Two dead men have I loved
With a love that ever will be:
Three dead men have I loved, and thou art last of the three.	15