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...
believe mainly man ours wise
The world will not believe a man repents; And this wise world of ours is mainly right
life men foolish-man
He promoted the education of the parish clergy and wrote: He seems to me a very foolish man, and very wretched, who will not increase his understanding while he is in the world, and ever wish and long to reach that endless life where all shall be made clear.
men courtesy he-man
The greater the man the greater the courtesy.
angel character divine false ideal looking loves man natures rubbish unreal
Who loves not a false imagining, an unreal character in us; but looking through all the rubbish of our imperfections, loves in us the divine ideal of our natures - not the man that we are, but the angel that we may be.
loyal manners nature noble
Manners are not idle, but the fruit. Of loyal nature and of noble mind.
fury maniac
Time, a maniac scattering dust,/ And Life, a Fury slinging flame.
bound duty faith fought man queen valiant
I have fought for Queen and Faith like a valiant man and true;/ I have only done my duty as a man is bound to do.
dreams fame man men-and-women wakes woman
Man dreams of fame while woman wakes to love.
beauty creatures hunt love man ride shining woman
Man is the hunter; woman is his game. The sleek and shining creatures of the chase, we hunt them for the beauty of their skins; they love us for it, and we ride them down.
cannon forward knew light man reason rode six soldier valley
Forward the Light Brigade! Was there a man dismay'd? Not tho' the soldier knew Someone had blunder'd: Their's not to make reply, Their's not to reason why, Their's but to do and die; Into the valley of death, Rode the six hundred, Cannon to right
half man sight
Half light, half shade,/ She stood, a sight to make an old man young.
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?