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...
fury maniac
Time, a maniac scattering dust,/ And Life, a Fury slinging flame.
federation parliament till
Till the war-drum throbbed no longer, and the battle-flags were furled/ In the Parliament of man, the Federation of the world.
earth equal heroic moved strength strong temper time weak
Tho'/ We are not now that strength that in old days/ Moved earth and heaven: that which we are, we are;/ One equal temper of heroic hearts,/ Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will/ To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.
loyal manners nature noble
Manners are not idle, but the fruit. Of loyal nature and of noble mind.
jewels sparkle stretched
Jewels five-words long/ That on the stretched forefinger of all Time/ Sparkle for ever.
limit quiet roaming shadow spaces
Here at the quiet limit of the world,/ A white-haired shadow roaming like a dream/ The ever-silent spaces of the East.
fell tears
Her tears fell with the dews at even;/ Her tears fell ere the dews were dried.
happy maiden shining till
Go not, happy day,/ From the shining fields,/ Go not, happy day,/ Till the maiden yields.
battle god
God of battles, was ever a battle like this in the world before?
art god good thee thou
God make thee good as thou art beautiful.
god good increase woman
God made the woman for the man,/ And for the good and increase of the world.
awful god himself rose
God made Himself an awful rose of dawn.
central fill ghastly heard heavens nations rained
Heard the heavens fill with shouting, and there rained a ghastly dew/ From the nations' airy navies grappling in the central blue.
captain council foremost great
Great in council and great in war,/ Foremost captain of his time.