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Alfred Lord Tennyson Quotes: How dull it is to pause, to make an end, to rust unburnished, not to shine in use! As though to breathe were life.
         

How dull it is to pause, to make an end, to rust unburnished, not to shine in use! As though to breathe were life.


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This page presents the quote "How dull it is to pause, to make an end, to rust unburnished, not to shine in use! As though to breathe were life.". Author of this quote is Alfred Lord Tennyson. This quote is about life, use, shining, age, rust, dull, breathe,.