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
faith dishonour rooted
His honour rooted in dishonour stood, And faith unfaithful kept him falsely true.
nature men hands
And out of darkness came the hands that reach through nature, moulding men.
golden prime
For it was in the golden prime Of good Haroun Alraschid.
music scandal cold
For now the poet cannot die, Nor leave his music as of old, But round him ere he scarce be cold Begins the scandal and the cry.
freedom hands mets
And statesmen at her council met Who knew the seasons, when to take Occasion by the hand, and make The bounds of freedom wider yet.
speech
And Thought leapt out to wed with Thought Ere Thought could wed itself with Speech.
kindness wind kind
Though thou wert scattered to the wind, Yet is there plenty of the kind.
needs life-is
All Life needs for life is possible to will.
smell soul green
The smell of violets, hidden in the green, Pour'd back into my empty soul and frame The times when I remembered to have been Joyful and free from blame.
death stars sunset
Sunset and evening star, And one clear call for me! And may there be no moaning of the bar When I put out to sea.
sweet flower blow
And by the meadow-trenches blow the faint sweet cuckoo-flowers.
strong eye hands
And so the Word had breath, and wrought With human hands the creed of creeds In loveliness of perfect deeds, More strong than all poetic thoughts; Which he may read that binds the sheaf, Or builds the house, or digs the grave, And those wild eyes that watch the waves In roarings round the coral reef.
may neighbor smooth
O Blackbird! sing me something well: While all the neighbors shoot thee round, I keep smooth plats of fruitful ground, Where thou may'st warble, eat and dwell.
summer ice sea
A doubtful throne is ice on summer seas.