I am a part of all that I have met; Yet all experience is an arch wherethrough Gleams that untraveled world whose margin fades For ever and for ever when I move.
Ulysses (Alfred, Lord Tennyson)
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- 95% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
- Ulysses (1842), lines 18–21; Four consecutive public-domain lines forming a complete sentence. Entire dramatic monologue read; credited to its speaker Ulysses with Tennyson named, not presented as Homer or a historical speech. Preserves the Academy edition’s spelling.
- Ulysses (1842), lines 18–21
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