Lord Alfred Tennyson
Lord Alfred 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...
answer behind hope
What hope of answer or redress?/ Behind the veil, behind the veil.
beauty creatures hunt love man ride shining woman
Man is the hunter; woman is his game. The sleek and shining creatures of the chase, we hunt them for the beauty of their skins; they love us for it, and we ride them down.
cannon forward knew light man reason rode six soldier valley
Forward the Light Brigade! Was there a man dismay'd? Not tho' the soldier knew Someone had blunder'd: Their's not to make reply, Their's not to reason why, Their's but to do and die; Into the valley of death, Rode the six hundred, Cannon to right
peace ring thousand wars
Ring out the thousand wars of old,/ Ring in the thousand years of peace.
pure spirit thou
Make Thou my spirit pure and clear/ As are the frosty skies.
dreams fame man men-and-women wakes woman
Man dreams of fame while woman wakes to love.
breeze praise round stir thee
Round thee with the breeze of song/ To stir a little praise of dust.
cannon front left
Cannon to right of them,/ Cannon to left of them,/ Cannon in front of them/ Volleyed and thundered.