How dull it is to pause, to make an end, -
To rust unburnish'd, not to shine in use!
As tho' to breathe were life.

Alfred Tennyson

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Original Citation

Tennyson, Alfred. "Ulysses." Poems. Vol. 2, London: Edward Moxon, 1842, I. 22.

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Tennyson, Alfred, Lord. "Ulysses." Alfred Tennyson: The Major Works, edited by Adam Roberts. Oxford University Press, 2009, I. 22.

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A quote by Alfred Tennyson about existing not living: “How dull it is to pause, to make an end, - To rust unburnish'd…”

A quote by Alfred Tennyson about existing not living: “How dull it is to pause, to make an end, - To rust unburnish'd…”

A quote by Alfred Tennyson about existing not living: “How dull it is to pause, to make an end, - To rust unburnish'd…”