Love took up the glass of Time...
FROM LOCKSLEY HALL
Love took up the glass of Time... - context Summary
Published in 1842
This excerpt from Locksley Hall, published in Tennyson’s 1842 Poems, frames a remembered love through vivid metaphors of time and music. The speaker recalls shared mornings on moorland and evenings by the water, moves from idyllic intimacy to sudden loss, and ends in an anguished address to "Amy" and a barren landscape. The tone and subject reflect Tennyson’s recurring themes of longing and personal sorrow.
Read Complete AnalysesLove took up the glass of Time, and turn'd it in his glowing hands; Every moment, lightly shaken, ran itself in golden sands. Love took up the harp of Life, and smote on all the chords with might; Smote the chord of Self, that, trembling, pass'd in music out of sight. Many a morning on the moorland did we hear the copses ring, And her whisper throng'd my pulses with the fulness of the Spring. Many an evening by the waters did we watch the stately ships, And our spirits rush'd together at the touching of the lips. O my cousin, shallow-hearted! O my Amy, mine no more! O the dreary, dreary moorland! O the barren, barren shore!
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