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.
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
positive leadership knowledge
Self-reverence, self-knowledge, self-control; these three alone lead one to sovereign power.
time may time-management
A day may sink or save a realm.
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.
islands stories way
Not once or twice in our rough island story, The path of duty was the way to glory.
bows dew paint
And every dew-drop paints a bow.
faults
He is all fault who has no fault at all.
heresy
What's up is faith, what's down is heresy.
dove woodland heard
And oft I heard the tender dove In firry woodlands making moan.
rocks golden fossils
A pasty costly-made, Where quail and pigeon, lark and leveret lay, Like fossils of the rock, with golden yolks Imbedded and injellied.
bridges cities legends
I waited for the train at Coventry; I hung with grooms and porters on the bridge, To watch the three tall spires; and there I shaped The city's ancient legend into this.