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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO ONE WHO RAN DOWN THE ENGLISH, by ALFRED TENNYSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: You make our faults too gross
Last Line: May seem the black ox of the distant plain.
Alternate Author Name(s): Tennyson, Lord Alfred; Tennyson, 1st Baron; Tennyson Of Aldworth And Farringford, Baron
Subject(s): England; English
First Line: You make our faults too gross
Last Line: May seem the black ox of the distant plain.
Alternate Author Name(s): Tennyson, Lord Alfred; Tennyson, 1st Baron; Tennyson Of Aldworth And Farringford, Baron
Subject(s): England; English
You make our faults too gross, and thence maintain
Our darker future. May your fears be vain!
At times the small black fly upon the pane
May seem the black ox of the distant plain.
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