Robert Bridges, ed. (1844–1930). The Spirit of Man: An Anthology. 1916. | | | | Song |
Alfred Tennyson, Lord Tennyson (1809–1892) |
| | | A SPIRIT 1 haunts the year’s last hours | |
| Dwelling amid these yellowing bowers: | |
| To himself he talks; | |
| For at eventide listening earnestly, | |
| At his work you may hear him sob and sigh | 5 |
| In the walks: | |
| Earthward he boweth the heavy stalks | |
| Of the mouldering flowers: | |
| Heavily hangs the broad sunflower | |
| Over its grave i’ the earth so chilly; | 10 |
| Heavily hangs the hollyhock, | |
| Heavily hangs the tiger lily … | |
| | | Note 1. Tennyson. Song. ‘Poems, chiefly lyrical’. 1830. The first stanza of two. [back] | | |
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