Alfred, Lord Tennyson Quote

Rose a nurse of ninety years,
Set his child upon her knee—
Like summer tempest came her tears—
'Sweet my child, I live for thee.'


The Princess (1847) pt. 6, song (added 1850)


Rose a nurse of ninety years, Set his child upon her knee— Like summer tempest came her tears— 'Sweet my child, I live for thee.'

Rose a nurse of ninety years, Set his child upon her knee— Like summer tempest came her tears— 'Sweet my child, I live for thee.'

Rose a nurse of ninety years, Set his child upon her knee— Like summer tempest came her tears— 'Sweet my child, I live for thee.'

Rose a nurse of ninety years, Set his child upon her knee— Like summer tempest came her tears— 'Sweet my child, I live for thee.'