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Alfred Lord Tennyson

August 6, 1809 – October 6, 1892


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Poem TitleFirst LinesPeriod# Lines# Reads
1: A Character With a half-glance upon the sky 1376
2: A Dedication DEAR, near and true—no truer Time himself 1282
3: A Dirge Now is done thy long day’s work; 1081
4: A Dream of Fair Women I read, before my eyelids dropt their shade, 1152
5: A farewell Flow down, cold rivulet, to the sea, 1301
6: A Medley: As Thro' The Land (The Princess) As thro' the land at eve we went, 841
7: A Medley: Ask Me No More (The Princess) Ask me no more: the moon may draw the sea; 945
8: A Medley: Come Down, O Maid (The Princess) Come down, O maid, from yonder mountain height: 913
9: A Medley: Home They Brought Her Warrior Dead (The Princess) Home they brought her warrior dead: 920
10: A Medley: Now Sleeps The Crimson Petal (The Princess) Now sleeps the crimson petal, now the white; 904
11: A Medley: O Swallow (The Princess) O Swallow, Swallow, flying, flying South, 868
12: A Medley: Our Enemies Have Fall'n (The Princess) Our enemies have fall'n, have fall'n: the seed, 927
13: A Medley: Tears, Idle Tears (The Princess) Tears, idle tears, I know not what they mean, 863
14: A Medley: Thy Voice Is Heard (The Princess) Thy voice is heard thro' rolling drums, 830
15: A Voice By The Cedar Tree A voice by cedar tree 1138
16: A Voice Spake Out Of The Skies A voice spake out of the skies 1228
17: A Welcome To Alexandra Sea-kings’ daughter from over the sea, Alexandra! 1265
18: A Welcome To Her Royal Highness Marie Alexandrovna, Duchess Of Edinburgh. The son of him with whom we strove for power— 1230
19: Achilles Over The Trench So saying, light-foot Iris pass’d away. 1150
20: Adeline Mystery of mysteries, 1202
21: After-Thought I thought of Thee, my partner and my guide, 837
22: Akbar’s Dream O God in every temple I see people that see thee, 1122
23: All Things Will Die Clearly the blue river chimes in its flowing 1255
24: Amphion My father left a park to me, 1233
25: And Ask Ye Why These Sad Tears Stream? And ask ye why these sad tears stream? 1062
26: As Thro' The Land At Eve We Went As thro’ the land of eve we went, 982
27: Ask Me No More Ask me no more: the moon may draw the sea; 1201
28: Audley Court The Bull, the Fleece are cramm’d, and not a room 1125
29: Aylmer’s Field Dust are our frames; and gilded dust, our pride 1793 1071
30: Balin And Balan Pellam the King, who held and lost with Lot 1054
31: Battle Of Brunanburgh Athelstan King, 1062
32: Beautiful City Beautiful city, the centre and crater of European confusion, 1071
33: Blow, Bugle, Blow The splendour falls on castle walls 1102
34: Boädicéa While about the shore of Mona those Neronian legionaries 1050
35: Break, Break, Break Break, break, break, 1049
36: By An Evolutionist The Lord let the house of a brute to the soul of a man, 1028
37: Charity What am I doing, you say to me, ‘wasting the sweet summer hours’? 1067
38: Child-Songs Dainty little maiden, whither would you wander? 1135
39: Circumstance Two children in two neighbor villages 1110
40: Claribel Where Claribel low-lieth 992
41: Columbus Chains, my good lord: in your raised brows I read 1085
42: Come down, O Maid Come down, O maid, from yonder mountain height: 982
43: Come Into The Garde, Maud Come into the garden, Maud, 1083
44: Come Not, When I Am Dead Come not, when I am dead, 1059
45: Cradle Song What does little birdie say 1162
46: Crossing The Bar Sunset and evening star, 1280
47: Dark House Dark house, by which once more I stand 1085
48: De Profundis Out of the deep, my child, out of the deep, 1503
49: Dear Is The Memory Of Our Wedded Lives Dear is the memory of our wedded lives, 992
50: Dedication These to His Memory--since he held them dear, 1008
51: Dedication These to His Memory—since he held them dear, 1035
52: Dedicatory Poem to the Princess Alice Dead Princess, living Power, if that which lived 1068
53: Demeter And Persephone Faint as a climate-changing bird that flies 991
54: Despair Is it you, that preach’d in the chapel there looking over the sand? 1068
55: Dora With farmer Allan at the farm abode 1005
56: Doubt And Prayer Tho’ Sin too oft, when smitten by Thy rod, 1021
57: Duet Is it the wind of the dawn that I hear 779
58: Early Sonnets As when with downcast eyes we muse and brood, 1159
59: Early Spring Once more the Heavenly Power 1174
60: Edward Gray Sweet Emma Moreland of yonder town 963
61: Edwin Morris O me, my pleasant rambles by the lake, 1033
62: Eleanore Thy dark eyes open’d not, 1103
63: England And America In 1782 O thou that sendest out the man 1119
64: Enoch Arden Long lines of cliff breaking have left a chasm; 898
65: Epitaph On Caxton Thy prayer was ‘Light-more Light-while Time shall last!’ 985
66: Epitaph On General Gordon Warrior of God, man’s friend, and tyrant’s foe, 1055
67: Epitaph On Lord Stratford de Redcliffe Thou third great Canning, stand among our best 970
68: Faith Doubt no longer that the Highest is the wisest and the best, 1070
69: Far–far–away What sight so lured him thro’ the fields he knew 1066
70: Fatima O love, Love, Love! O withering might! 1016
71: Flower In The Crannied Wall Flower in the crannied wall, 1106
72: Forlorn He is fled—I wish him dead— 1126
73: Frater Ave Atque Vale Row us out from Desenzano, to your Sirmione row! 970
74: Freedom O thou so fair in summers gone, 1113
75: Friendship O thou most holy Friendship! wheresoe’er 889
76: Gareth And Lynette The last tall son of Lot and Bellicent, 1137
77: Geraint And Enid O purblind race of miserable men, 1114
78: God And The Universe Will my tiny spark of being wholly vanish in your deeps and heights? 1164
79: Godiva I waited for the train at Coventry; 1152
80: Guinevere Queen Guinevere had fled the court, and sat 1106
81: Hands All Round First pledge our Queen this solemn night, 1063
82: Happy Why wail you, pretty plover? and what is it that you fear? 1030
83: Hateful Is The Dark-Blue Sky Hateful is the dark-blue sky, 950
84: Helen’s Tower Helen’s tower, here I stand, 813
85: Hendecasyllabics O you chorus of indolent reviewers, 1055
86: Home They Brought Her Warrior Dead Home they brought her warrior dead: 891
87: How Sweet It Were How sweet it were, hearing the downward stream, 956
88: How Thought You That This Thing Could Captivate? How thought you that this thing could captivate? 909
89: Idylls Of The King: Song From The Marriage Of Geraint Turn, Fortune, turn thy wheel, and lower the proud; 1137
90: Idylls of the King: The Last Tournament (Excerpt) Dagonet, the fool, whom Gawain in his mood 771
91: Idylls of the King: The Passing of Arthur (Excerpt) That story which the bold Sir Bedivere, 819
92: In Memoriam 131: O Living Will That Shalt Endure O living will that shalt endure 747
93: In Memoriam 16: I Envy Not In Any Moods I envy not in any moods 909
94: In Memoriam 3: O Sorrow, Cruel Fellowship O Sorrow, cruel fellowship, 932
95: In Memoriam 82: I Wage Not Any Feud With Death I wage not any feud with Death 960
96: In Memoriam A.H.H (Entire Poem!!) Strong Son of God, immortal Love, 1008
97: In Memoriam W. G. Ward Farewell, whose like on earth I shall not find, 823
98: In Quantity These lame hexameters the strong-wing’d music of Homer! 1123
99: In The Children’s Hospital Our doctor had call’d in another, I never 839
100: In The Garden At Swainston Nightingales warbled without, 872
101: In The Valley Of Cautertz All along the valley, stream that flashest white, 1220
102: Isabel Eyes not down-dropt nor over-bright, but fed 1101
103: June Bracken And Heather There on the top of the down, 829
104: Kapiolani When from the terrors of Nature a people have fashion’d and worship a Spirit of Evil, 1674
105: Kate I know her by her angry air, 861
106: Lady Clara Vere de Vere Lady Clara Vere de Vere, 982
107: Lady Clare It was the time when lilies blow, 1076
108: Lamentation Of The Peruvians The foes of the east have come down on our shore, 816
109: Lancelot And Elaine Elaine the fair, Elaine the loveable, 1034
110: Late, Late, So Late Late, late, so late! and dark the night and chill! 869
111: Leonine Elegiacs Low-flying breezes are roaming the broad valley dimm’d in the gloaming; 787
112: Lilian Airy, Fairy Lilian, 1124
113: Literary Squabbles Ah God! the petty fools of rhyme 973
114: Locksley Hall Comrades, leave me here a little, while as yet 't is early morn: 1009
115: Locksley Hall Sixty Years After Late, my grandson! half the morning have I paced these sandy tracts, 783
116: Lost Love I envy not in any moods 953
117: Love Thou, from the first, unborn, undying Love, 986
118: Love And Death What time the mighty moon was gathering light 847
119: Love And Duty Of love that never found his earthly close, 873
120: Love Thou Thy Land, With Love Far-Brought Love thou thy land, with love far-brought 758
121: Lucretius Lucilla, wedded to Lucretius, found 1031
122: Madeline Thou art not steep’d in golden languors, 919
123: Margaret O sweet pale Margaret, 1833 877
124: Mariana With blackest moss the flower-plots 1024
125: Mariana In The South With one black shadow at its feet, 995
126: Marriage Morning Light, so low upon earth, 957
127: Maud; A Monodrama I hate the dreadful hollow behind the little wood, 737
128: Mechanophilus Now first we stand and understand, 918
129: Merlin And The Gleam O young Mariner, 974
130: Merlin And Vivien A storm was coming, but the winds were still, 958
131: Midnight Tis midnight o’er the dim mere’s lonely bosom, 808
132: Milton (Alcaics) O mighty-mouth'd inventor of harmonies, 1059
133: Minnie And Winnie Minnie and Winnie 976
134: Montenegro They rose to where their sovran eagle sails, 1018
135: Morte d'Arthur So all day long the noise of battle roll'd 961
136: Move Eastward, Happy Earth, And Leave Move eastward, happy earth, and leave 764
137: My Life Is Full Of Weary Days My life is full of weary days, 899
138: Northern Farmer (New Style) DOSN’T thou ’ear my ’erse’s legs, as they canters awaäy? 1011
139: Northern Farmer (Old Style) Wheer ’asta beän saw long and meä liggin’ ’ere aloän? 1036
140: Nothing Will Die When will the stream be aweary of flowing 801
141: Now Sleeps The Crimson Petal Now sleeps the crimson petal, now the white; 916
142: O Beauty, Passing Beauty! O beauty, passing beauty! Sweetest sweet! 800
143: O, Were I Loved As I Desire To Be! O, were I loved as I desire to be! 907
144: Ode On The Death Of The Duke of Wellington Bury the Great Duke 748
145: Ode Sung At The Opening Of The International Exhibition Uplift a thousand voices full and sweet, 703
146: Ode To Memory Thou who stealest fire, 862
147: Of Old Sat Freedom Of old sat Freedom on the heights, 861
148: On A Mourner Nature, so far as in her lies, 892
149: On One Who Affected An Effeminate Manner While man and woman still are incomplete, 995
150: On The Jubilee Of Queen Victoria Fifty times the rose has flower’d and faded, 788
151: Opening Of The Indian And Colonial Exhibition By The Queen Welcome, welcome with one voice! 822
152: Owd Roä(1) NAÄY, noä mander (2) o’ use to be callin’ ’im Roä, Roä, Roä, 978
153: Parnassus What be those crown’d forms high over the sacred fountain? 838
154: Pelleas And Ettarre King Arthur made new knights to fill the gap 881
155: Poets And Critics This thing, that thing is the rage, 981
156: Poets And Their Bibliographies Old poets foster’d under friendlier skies, 734
157: Politics We move, the wheel must always move, 749
158: Prefatory Poem To My Brother’s Sonnets Midnight–in no midsummer tune 748
159: Prefatory Sonnet Those that of late had fleeted far and fast 969
160: Princess: A Medley: The Splendour Falls On Castle Walls The splendour falls on castle walls 730
161: Prophecy For I dipt into the future, far as human eye could see, 1030
162: Recollection Of The Arabian Nights When the breeze of a joyful dawn blew free 968
163: Requiescat Fair is her cottage in its place, 975
164: Riflemen Form! There is a sound of thunder afar, 1179
165: Ring Out, Wild Bells Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky, 794
166: Rizpah Wailing, wailing, wailing, the wind over land and sea– 980
167: Romney’s Remorse BEAT, little heart—I give you this and this’ 901
168: Rosalind My Rosalind, my Rosalind, 716
169: Sea Dreams A city clerk, but gently born and bred; 1028
170: Second Song Thy tuwhits are lull’d I wot, 918
171: She Is Coming, My Own, My Sweet She is coming, my own, my sweet; 993
172: Show-Day At Battle Abbey, 1876 A garden here—May breath and bloom of spring— 933
173: Sir Galahad My good blade carves the casques of men, 946
174: Sir John Franklin Not here! the white North has thy bones; and thou, 990
175: Sir John Oldcastle, Lord Cobham My friend should meet me somewhere hereabout 971
176: Sir Launcelot And Queen Guinevere Like souls that balance joy and pain, 952
177: Song: ‘A Spirit Haunts The Year’s Last Hours A spirit haunts the year’s last hours 845
178: Song: ‘The Winds, As At Their Hour Of Birth The winds, as at their hour of birth, 736
179: Song: ‘Who Can Say’ Who can say 735
180: Specimen Of A Translation Of The Lliad In Blank Verse So Hector spake; and Trojans roar’d applause; 926
181: Spring Birds' love and birds' song 1009
182: St. Agnes' Eve Deep on the convent-roof the snows 933
183: St. Simeon Stylites Altho’ I be the basest of mankind, 739
184: St. Telemachus Had the fierce ashes of some fiery peak 1265
185: Supposed Confessions Of A Second-Rate Sensitive Mind O God! my God! have mercy now. 837
186: Sweet And Low Sweet and low, sweet and low, 821
187: Tears, Idle Tears Tears, idle tears, I know not what they mean, 855
188: The Ancient Sage A thousand summers ere the time of Christ 1296
189: The Ballad Of Oriana My heart is wasted with my woe, 1019
190: The Bandit’s Death O Great And Gallant Scott, 972
191: The Beggar Maid Her arms across her breast she laid; 1087
192: The Blackbird O blackbird! sing me something well: 955
193: The Brook Here, by this brook, we parted; I to the East 968
194: The Burial Of Love His eyes in eclipse, 904
195: The Captain He that only rules by terror 831
196: The Charge Of The Heavy Brigade At Balaclava The charge of the gallant three hundred, the Heavy Brigade 948
197: The Charge Of The Light Brigade Half a league, half a league, 988
198: The Church-Warden And The Curate Eh? good daäy! good daäy! thaw it beän’t not mooch of a daäy, 955
199: The Coming Of Arthur Leodogran, the King of Cameliard, 889
200: The Daisy O love, what hours were thine and mine, 804
201: The Dawn Red of the Dawn! 963
202: The Day-Dream O Lady Flora, let me speak: 847
203: The Dead Prophet Dead! And the Muses cried with a stormy cry 845
204: The Death Of The Duke Of Clarence And Avondale The bridal garland falls upon the bier, 990
205: The Death Of The Old Year Full knee-deep lies the winter snow, 901
206: The Death Of Œnone Œnone sat within the cave from out 932
207: The Defence Of Lucknow Banner of England, not for a season, O banner of Britain, hast thou 1458
208: The Deserted House Life and Thought have gone away 835
209: The Dying Swan The plain was grassy, wild and bare, 814
210: The Eagle (A fragment ) He clasps the crag with crooked hands; 959
211: The Epic At Francis Allen’s on the Christmas-eve, 1072
212: The Fall Of Jerusalem Jerusalem! Jerusalem! 920
213: The First Quarrel Wait a little,’ you say, ‘you are sure it ’ll all come right,’ 933
214: The Fleet You, you, if you shall fail to understand 906
215: The Flight Are you sleeping? have you forgotten? do not sleep, my sister dear! 1034
216: The Flower Once in a golden hour 1063
217: The Gardener’s Daughter This morning is the morning of the day, 930
218: The Golden Year Well, you shall have that song which Leonard wrote: 786
219: The Goose I knew an old wife lean and poor, 801
220: The Grandmother And Willy, my eldest-born, is gone, you say, little Anne? 1081
221: The Higher Pantheism The sun, the moon, the stars, the seas, the hills and the plains– 1126
222: The Holy Grail From noiseful arms, and acts of prowess done 1024
223: The Islet Whither, O whither, love, shall we go, 1002
224: The Kraken Below the thunders of the upper deep, 1109
225: The Lady Of Shalott On either side the river lie 1047
226: The Lady of Shalott (1832) On either side the river lie 711
227: The Lady of Shalott (1842) On either side the river lie 781
228: The Larger Hope Oh yet we trust that somehow good 951
229: The Last Tournament Dagonet, the fool, whom Gawain in his mood 887
230: The Letters Still on the tower stood the vane, 764
231: The Lord Of Burleigh In her ear he whispers gaily, 898
232: The Lotos-Eaters Courage!’ he said, and pointed toward the land, 820
233: The Lover’s Tale Here far away, seen from the topmost cliff, 761
234: The Making Of Man Where is one that, born of woman, altogether can escape 827
235: The Marriage Of Geraint The brave Geraint, a knight of Arthur's court, 1065
236: The May Queen You must wake and call me early, call me early, mother dear; 1829
237: The Mermaid Who would be 1021
238: The Merman Who would be 948
239: The Miller's Daughter It is the miller's daughter, 1050
240: The Northern Cobbler WAÄIT till our Sally cooms in, fur thou mun a’ sights1 to tell. 1089
241: The Oak Live thy Life, 1220
242: The Owl When cats run home and light is come, 1167
243: The Palace Of Art I built my soul a lordly pleasure-house, 813
244: The Passing Of Arthur That story which the bold Sir Bedivere, 1037
245: The Pictures This morning is the morning of the day, 1020
246: The Play Act first, this Earth, a stage so gloom’d with woe 1018
247: The Poet The poet in a golden clime was born, 737
248: The Poet’s Mind Vex not thou the poet’s mind 876
249: The Poet’s Song The rain had fallen, the Poet arose, 909
250: The Princess (Part I) A prince I was, blue-eyed, and fair in face, 721
251: The Princess (Part II) At break of day the College Portress came: 736
252: The Princess (Part III) Morn in the wake of the morning star 746
253: The Princess (Part IV) There sinks the nebulous star we call the Sun, 720
254: The Princess (Part V) Now, scarce three paces measured from the mound, 723
255: The Princess (Part VI) My dream had never died or lived again. 702
256: The Princess (Part VII) So was their sanctuary violated, 723
257: The Princess (Prologue) Sir Walter Vivian all a summer's day 797
258: The Princess (The Conclusion) So closed our tale, of which I give you all 670
259: The Progress Of Spring The groundflame of the crocus breaks the mould, 1044
260: The Revenge At Flores in the Azores Sir Richard Grenville lay, 1172
261: The Ring Mellow moon of heaven. 920
262: The Ringlet Your ringlets, your ringlets, 1060
263: The Roses On The Terrace Rose, on this terrace fifty years ago, 762
264: The Sailor Boy He rose at dawn and, fired with hope, 779
265: The Sea-Fairies Slow sail’d the weary mariners and saw, 763
266: The Silent Voices When the dumb Hour, clothed in black, 1171
267: The Sisters We were two daughters of one race; 807
268: The Sisters (1880) They have left the doors ajar; and by their clash, 1106
269: The Sisters' Shame We were two daughters of one race; 1134
270: The Skipping-Rope Sure never yet was antelope 1048
271: The Snowdrop Many, many welcomes, 737
272: The Spinster’s Sweet-Arts Milk for my sweet-arts, Bess! fur it mun be the time about now 974
273: The Spiteful Letter Here, it is here, the close of the year, 858
274: The Splender Falls The splendor falls on castle walls 1103
275: The Talking Oak Once more the gate behind me falls; 1111
276: The Tears Of Heaven Heaven weeps above the earth all night till morn, 790
277: The Third Of February, 1852 My Lords, we heard you speak: you told us all 774
278: The Throstle Summer is coming, summer is coming. 1126
279: The Tourney Ralph would fight in Edith’s sight, 1005
280: The Two Voices A still small voice spake unto me, 736
281: The Victim A plague upon the people fell, 748
282: The Village Wife Ouse-keeper sent tha my lass, fur New Squire coom’d last night. 998
283: The Vision Of Sin I had a vision when the night was late: 789
284: The Voice And The Peak The voice and the Peak 707
285: The Voyage We left behind the painted buoy 1055
286: The Voyage Of Maeldune I WAS the chief of the race—he had stricken my father dead— 1150
287: The Walk At Midnight Soft, shadowy moon-beam! by the light 729
288: The Wanderer The gleam of household sunshine ends, 1140
289: The Window The lights and shadows fly! 1006
290: The Wreck Hide me, Mother! my Fathers belong’d to the church of old, 1008
291: The ‘How’ And The ‘Why’ I am any man’s suitor, 1054
292: Tiresias I wish I were as in the years of old 937
293: Tithonus The woods decay, the woods decay and fall, 970
294: To Alfred Tennyson, My Grandson Golden-hair’d Ally whose name is one with mine, 705
295: To Dante King, that hast reign’d six hundred years, and grown 1111
296: To E. Fitzgerald: Tiresias Old Fitz, who from your suburb grange, 987
297: To E.L., On His Travels In Greece Illyrian woodlands, echoing falls 753
298: To H.R.H. Princess Beatrice Two Suns of Love make day of human life, 750
299: To J.S. The wind, that beats the mountain, blows 721
300: To Mary Boyle Spring-flowers’! While you still delay to take 803
301: To One Who Ran Down The English You make our faults too gross, and thence maintain 953
302: To Princess Frederica On Her Marriage O you that were eyes and light to the King till he past away 1017
303: To Professor Jebb Fair things are slow to fade away, 1033
304: To The Duke Of Argyll O Patriot Statesman, be thou wise to know 785
305: To The Marquis Of Dufferin And Ava At times our Britain cannot rest, 776
306: To The Master Of Balliol Dear Master in our classic town, 998
307: To The Queen O loyal to the royal in thyself, 942
308: To The Queen Revered, beloved–O you that hold 786
309: To The Rev. F.D. Maurice Come, when no graver cares employ, 1037
310: To The Rev. W.H. Brookfield Brooks, for they call’d you so that knew you best, 1097
311: To Ulysses* Ulysses, much-experienced man, 1132
312: To Victor Hugo Victor in Drama, Victor in Romance, 1046
313: To Virgil Roman Virgil, thou that singest 970
314: To W.C. Macready Farewell, Macready, since to-night we part; 1046
315: To... You might have won the Poet’s name, 756
316: To... I send you here a sort of allegory– 797
317: To... Clear-headed friend, whose joyful scorn, 822
318: Tomorrow Her, that yer Honour was spakin’ to? Whin, yer Honour? last year— 959
319: Ulysses It little profits that an idle king, 1128
320: Vastness Many a hearth upon our dark globe sighs 1256
321: Wages Glory of warrior, glory of orator, glory of song, 984
322: Walking To The Mail I’m glad I walk’d. How fresh the meadows look 1012
323: Why Do They Prate Of The Blessings Of Peace Why do they prate of the blessings of peace? we have made them a curse, 895
324: Will O well for him whose will is strong! 948
325: Will Waterproof’s Lyrical Monologue O plump head-waiter at The Cock, 880
326: You Ask Me, Why, Tho' Ill At Ease You ask me, why, tho' ill at ease, 898
327: Œnone There lies a vale in Ida, lovelier 683




About:
Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson (6 August 1809 – 6 October 1892) was Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom and is one of the most popular English poets.

Much of his verse was based on classical mythological themes, although In Memoriam was written to commemorate his best friend Arthur Hallam, a fellow poet and classmate at Trinity College, Cambridge who was engaged to Tennyson's sister but died from a cerebral hemorrhage. One of Tennyson's most famous works is Idylls of the King (1885), a series of narrative poems based entirely on King Arthur and the Arthurian tales, as thematically suggested by Sir Thomas Malory's earlier tales on the legendary king. The work was dedicated to Prince Albert, the husband of Queen Victoria. During his career, Lord Tennyson attempted drama, but his plays enjoyed little success even in his lifetime.

Tennyson wrote a number of phrases that have become commonplaces of the English language, including: "nature, red in tooth and claw", "better to have loved and lost", "Theirs not to reason why, Theirs but to do and die", and "My strength is as the strength of ten, Because my heart is pure".

He is the second most frequently quoted writer in the English language, after Shakespeare.


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