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
faults
He is all fault who has no fault at all.
lonely loneliness ancient
Weeded and worn the ancient thatch Upon the lonely moated grange.
husband wife
As the husband is, the wife is.
wind sea fishing
I wind about, and in and out, - With here a blossom sailing, - And here and there a lusty trout, - And here and there a grayling...
church atheism christ
But the churchmen fain would kill their church, As the churches have kill'd their Christ.
pain grateful evil
Is there evil but on earth? Or pain in every people sphere? Well, be grateful for the sounding watchword "Evolution" here.
moon long long-day
The long day wanes; the slow moon climbs the deep.
heresy
What's up is faith, what's down is heresy.
criticism literature locks
A louse in the locks of literature.
spiritual jesus flower
What the sunshine is to the flower, the Lord Jesus Christ is to my soul.
pain lying heart
But for the unquiet heart and brain A use in measured language lies; The sad mechanic exercise Like dull narcotics numbing pain.
dove woodland heard
And oft I heard the tender dove In firry woodlands making moan.
eagles world wrens
Shall eagles not be eagles? wrens be wrens? If all the world were falcons, what of that? The wonder of the eagle were the less, But he not less the eagle.
past eternity
In time there is no present, In eternity no future, In eternity no past.