Alfred Lord Tennyson Quotes

I waited for the train at Coventry; I hung with grooms and porters on the bridge, To watch the three tall spires; and there I shaped The city's ancient legend into this.

Alfred Lord Tennyson

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• Legend
• Coventry
• Grooms

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• I waited for the train at Coventry; I hung with grooms and porters on the bridge, To watch the three tall spires; and there I shaped The city's ancient legend into this.

  

  Alfred Lord Tennyson
  • Bridge
  • Legend
  • Coventry