Alfred Tennyson,
And Ask Ye Why These Sad Tears Stream…
“ In everlasting radiance gleaming; Co-equal with the seraphs bright, Mid thousand thousand angels beaming.I strove to reach her, when, behold, Those fairy forms of bliss Elysian, And all that rich scene wrapt in gold, Faded in air–a lovely vision!And I awoke, but oh! to me That waking hour was doubly weary; And yet I could not envy thee, Although so blest, and I so dreary. This work was published before January 1, 1928, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. ”
