...twist, indicated by the juxtaposition of "looking" and "thinking" in the ftrst stanza. The tears gather "In looking on the happy Autumn-fields, / And thinking of the days that arc no more." This bifurcation beiween perception and reflection is intensified through the strong...

...Principle" is, I would argue, best exemplified by a "sweet air" like "Tears, Idle Tears": Tears, idle tears, I know not what they mean, Tears from the depth...heart, and gather to the eyes, In looking on the happy Autumn fields, And thinking of the days that are no more. Fresh as the first beam glittering on a sail,...

...state of "divine despair" in which tears were triggered by gazing at "happy autumn fields": Tears, idle tears, I know not what they mean Tears from the depth...heart, and gather to the eyes, In looking on the happy autumn fields And thinking of the days that are no more. Tennyson here refers to the cyclical nature...

...engulfed in her own melancholy music: Tears, idle tears, I know not what they mean, Tears from the depths of some divine despair Rise in the heart, and gather...Autumn-fields, And thinking of the days that are no more. (iv. 21-25) Speaking through the medium of a nameless woman, Tennyson sounds the depths of an impersonal,...

...I'll/ be/ withyou/-always-in/ spirit. Von/ Don's Letter to Gloria. July 28, 2001 Dear Don: Tears, idle tears, I know not what they mean, Tears from the depth...some divine despair Rise in the heart, and gather in the eyes In looking on the happy autumn fields And thinking of the days that are no more. — Tennyson...

...讓我的愛變得不朽。 3 ． Tea 「 s ， @ d 怡7ea 「 s 淚， 無意義的眼淚 Tears, idle tears, I know not what they mean, Tears from the depth of some divine2 despair Rise in the heart, and gather to the eyes, In looking on the happy autumn-fields, And...