Thou, O Lord, are more than they (Alfred, Lord Tennyson)

Our little systems have their day:
They have their day and cease to be;
They are but broken lights of thee
And thou, O Lord, are more than they.

--Alfred, Lord Tennyson,

excerpt from In Memoriam

A.H.H. OBIIY MDCCCXXXIII

For Tennyson's complete poem, click here.

Image source: Thomas Edwin Mostyn (1864-1930), Christ before Pilate, http://www.artnet.com/artists/thomas-edwin-mostyn/christ-before-pilate-YdS83DMCCJ0z51WpTiGcsw2
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