Alfred Lord Tennyson
Alfred Lord Tennyson
Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson, FRSwas Poet Laureate of Great Britain and Ireland during much of Queen Victoria's reign and remains one of the most popular British poets...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth6 August 1809
sweet loss voice
Sweet is every sound, sweeter the voice, but every sound is sweet.
house soul ease
I built my soul a lordly pleasure-house, Wherein at ease for aye to dwell.
time jewels long
Jewels five-words-long, That on the stretch'd forefinger of all Time Sparkle forever.
nature men mind
Any man that walks the mead In bud, or blade, or bloom, may find, According as his humors lead, A meaning suited to his mind.
truth mind boundless
This truth within thy mind rehearse, That in a boundless universe Is boundless better, boundless worse.
lying winter years
Full knee-deep lies the winter snow, And the winter winds are wearily sighing: Toll ye the church bell sad and slow, And tread softly and speak low, For the old year lies a-dying. Old year you must not die; You came to us so readily, You lived with us so steadily, Old year you shall not die.
anchors care casts
Cast all your cares on God; that anchor holds.
gratitude taken skyfall
Tho' much is taken, much abides;
night light tears
But what am I? An infant crying in the night: An infant crying for the light: And with no language but a cry.
fear night form
All is well, tho' faith and form Be sunder'd in the night of fear.
god half signatures
On all things created remaineth the half-effaced signature of God, Somewhat of fair and good, though blotted by the finger of corruption.
manners courtesy persons
The greater person is one of courtesy.
freedom hands mets
And statesmen at her council met Who knew the seasons, when to take Occasion by the hand, and make The bounds of freedom wider yet.
kindness wind kind
Though thou wert scattered to the wind, Yet is there plenty of the kind.