Alfred Lord Tennyson

Here you will find the Poem In Memoriam A. H. H.: 16. I Envy not in any Moods of poet Alfred Lord Tennyson

In Memoriam A. H. H.: 16. I Envy not in any Moods

I envy not in any moods 
 The captive void of noble rage,
 The linnet born within the cage,
 That never knew the summer woods:
 I envy not the beast that takes
 His license in the field of time,
 Unfetter'd by the sense of crime,
 To whom a conscience never wakes;
 Nor, what may count itself as blest,
 The heart that never plighted troth
 But stagnates in the weeds of sloth;
 Nor any want-begotten rest.

 I hold it true, whate'er befall;
 I feel it, when I sorrow most;
 'Tis better to have loved and lost
 Than never to have loved at all.