348. From Maud by Alfred Lord Tennyson
b'A Tennyson read by Classic Poetry Aloud:\\nhttp://www.classicpoetryaloud.com/\\n\\nGiving voice to the poetry of the past.\\n\\n---------------------------------------------\\n\\nfrom Maud\\nby Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809 \\u2013 1892)\\n\\nO let the solid ground\\nNot fail beneath my feet\\nBefore my life has found\\nWhat some have found so sweet!\\nThen let come what come may,\\nWhat matter if I go mad,\\nI shall have had my day. \\n\\nLet the sweet heavens endure,\\nNot close and darken above me\\nBefore I am quite quite sure\\nThat there is one to love me!\\nThen let come what come may\\nTo a life that has been so sad,\\nI shall have had my day.\\n\\nFirst aired: 1 October 2008\\n\\nFor hundreds more poetry readings, visit the Classic Poetry Aloud index.\\n\\nReading \\xa9 Classic Poetry Aloud 2008'