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
hope new-year's smiles threshold
Hope smiles from the threshold of the year to come, whispering, 'It will be happier.'
love funny life
'Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.
philosophical touching together
...and our spirits rushed together at the touching of the lips.
live-life wonder ifs
It's better to have tried and failed than to live life wondering what would've happened if I had tried
life education wise
Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers.
life flower passion
There has fallen a splendid tear From the passion-flower at the gate. She is coming, my dove, my dear; She is coming, my life, my fate; The red rose cries, "She is near, she is near;" And the white rose weeps, "She is late;" The larkspur listens, "I hear; I hear;" And the lily whispers, "I wait."
love dream art
Dreams are true while they last, and do we not live in dreams?
prayer eye home
Her eyes are homes of silent prayers.
prayer heaven storm
Battering the gates of heaven with the storms of prayer.
life shining age
How dull it is to pause, to make an end, to rust unburnished, not to shine in use! As though to breathe were life.
nature soul half
Words, like nature, half reveal and half conceal the soul within.
sleep eye night
I can't sleep without knowing there's hope. Half the night I waste in sighs. In a wakeful doze I sorrow. For the hands, for the lips... the eyes. For the meeting of tomorrow.
love gold true-love
Love is the only gold.
life dream men
My doom is, I love thee still. Let no man dream but that I love thee still.