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...
fears god greatness pray
Pray God our greatness may not fail/ Thro' craven fears of being great.
great lust race sane simple
O great and sane and simple race of brutes/ That own no lust because they have no law!
deep great
From the great deep to the great deep he goes.
great lay moon side
On one side lay the Ocean, and on one/ Lay a great water, and the moon was full.
fat great huge lord patron thirty
No little lily-handed Baronet he,/ A great broad-shouldered genial Englishman,/ A lord of fat prize-oxen and of sheep,/ A raiser of huge melons and of pine,/ A patron of some thirty charities.
english gained greatest hundred lost nor
This is England's greatest son,/ He that gained a hundred fights,/ Nor ever lost an English gun.
change forward great ringing spin
Forward, forward let us range, Let the great world spin for ever down the ringing grooves of change
beyond great happy purpose sail shall touch until wash western
My purpose holds/ To sail beyond the sunset, and the baths/ Of all the western stars, until I die./ It may be that the gulfs will wash us down;/ It may be we shall touch the Happy Isles/ And see the great Achilles.
captain council foremost great
Great in council and great in war,/ Foremost captain of his time.
awake dawn knowing night promise rose roses
The rose was awake all night for your sake,/ Knowing your promise to me;/ The lilies and roses were all awake,/ They sighed for the dawn and thee.
answer bells birth christmas draws hill mist moon near night time
The time draws near the birth of Christ: The moon is hid; the night is still; The Christmas bells from hill to hill Answer each other in the mist
climbing peace
Is there any peace/ In ever climbing up the climbing wave?
believe mainly man ours wise
The world will not believe a man repents; And this wise world of ours is mainly right
roll
The rise/ And long roll of the Hexameter.