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
nature flower hours
If Nature put not forth her power About the opening of the flower, Who is it that could live an hour?
dream dark men
The dream Dreamed by a happy man, when the dark East, Unseen, is brightening to his bridal morn.
soul might christ
Ah, Christ, that it were possible, For one short hour to see The souls we loved, that they might tell us What and where they be.
heart passionate vices
The passionate heart of the poet is whirled into folly and vice.
women hard
The woman is so hard Upon the woman.
years europe fifty
Better fifty years of Europe than a cycle of Cathay.
wisdom men wisest-man
Nor is he the wisest man who never proved himself a fool.
success unattainable
Attain the unattainable.
night sound wool
Dead sounds at night come from the inmost hills. Like footsteps upon wool.
nature
Nothing in Nature is unbeautiful.
heart littles
Our hoard is little, but our hearts are great.
men years mind
And the days darken round me, and the years, Among new men, strange faces, other minds.
crowds gleam canvas
Launch your vessel, And crowd your canvas, And, ere it vanishes Over the margin, After it, follow it, FollowThe Gleam.
faith want equal
Faith and unfaith can ne'er be equal powers; Unfaith is aught is want of faith in all.