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
deception triumph disaster
When you meet triumph or disaster, treat these imposters alike.
echoes soul aging
Our echoes roll from soul to soul, And grow for ever and for ever.
song wings singing
Short swallow-flights of song, that dip Their wings in tears, and skim away.
death light wheels
Be near me when my light is low... And all the wheels of being slow.
islands stories way
Not once or twice in our rough island story, The path of duty was the way to glory.
law wilderness precedent
Mastering the lawless science of our law,- that codeless myriad of precedent, that wilderness of single instances.
may neighbor smooth
O Blackbird! sing me something well: While all the neighbors shoot thee round, I keep smooth plats of fruitful ground, Where thou may'st warble, eat and dwell.
wine passion men
Woman is the lesser man, and all thy passions, match'd with mine, Are as moonlight unto sunlight, and as water unto wine.
wine dinner walnuts
After-dinner talk Across the walnuts and the wine.
father boys men
How many a father have I seen, A sober man, among his boys, Whose youth was full of foolish noise.
heart men hands
Ring in the valiant man and free, The larger heart, the kindlier hand; Ring out the darkness of the land; Ring in the Christ that is to be.
beauty hands walking-hand-in-hand
Beauty and anguish walking hand in hand the downward slope to death.
running flower may
Read my little fable: He that runs may read. Most can raise the flowers now, For all have got the seed.
hurt honor helping
The jingling of the guinea helps the hurt that Honor feels.