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
heart men hands
Ring in the valiant man and free, The larger heart, the kindlier hand; Ring out the darkness of the land; Ring in the Christ that is to be.
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
dream spiritual prayer
More things are wrought by prayer than this world dreams of.
morning heart loss
That loss is common would not make My own less bitter, rather more: Too common! Never morning wore To evening, but some heart did break.
He makes no friends who never made a foe.
hope new-year's smiles threshold
Hope smiles from the threshold of the year to come, whispering, 'It will be happier.'
came english-poet hands reach
And out of darkness came the hands that reach thro' nature, moulding men.