<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=341716" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Of Old Sat Freedom on the Heights</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Of old sat Freedom on the heights,<br> The thunders breaking at her feet:<br> Above her shook the starry lights:<br> She heard the torrents meet.<br> There in her place she did rejoice,<br> Self-gather'd in her prophet-mind,<br> But fragments of her mighty voice<br> Came rolling on the wind.<br> Then stept she down thro' town and field<br> To mingle with the human race,<br> And part by part to men reveal'd<br> The fulness of her face--</div><div style="margin:10px 0"> Grave mother of majestic works,<br> From her isle-altar gazing down,<br> Who, God-like, grasps the triple forks,<br> And, King-like, wears the crown:</div><div style="margin:10px 0"> Her open eyes desire the truth.<br> The wisdom of a thousand years<br> Is in them. May perpetual youth<br> Keep dry their light from tears;</div><div style="margin:10px 0"> That her fair form may stand and shine,<br> Make bright our days and light our dreams,<br> Turning to scorn with lips divine<br> The falsehood of extremes!</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Alfred+Lord+Tennyson">Alfred Lord Tennyson</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=341716" data-title="Of Old Sat Freedom on the Heights de Alfred Lord Tennyson" data-description="Of old sat Freedom on the heights, The thunders breaking at her feet: Above her shook the starry lights: She heard the torrents meet. There in her place she did rejoice, Self-gather'd in her prophet-mind, But fragments of her mighty voice C..."></div> </div> </div>

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