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.
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.