The poem 'Tears, Idle Tears' appears as a song in which longer Tennyson work?
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Correct answer: The Princess
This lyric is part of 'The Princess'. It explores 'divine despair' and the paradox of memories that are 'dear as remembered kisses after death' yet 'wild with all regret'.
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