Love is the only gold. - Alfred Lord Tennyson
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Alfred Lord Tennyson Quotes
Theirs is not to make reply: Theirs is not to reason why: Theirs is but to do and die. - Alfred Lord Tennyson
Alfred Lord Tennyson Quotes
The happiness of a man in this life does not consist in the absence but in the mastery of his passions. - Alfred Lord Tennyson
Alfred Lord Tennyson Quotes
Self-reverence, self-knowledge, self-control; these three alone lead one to sovereign power. - Alfred Lord Tennyson
Alfred Lord Tennyson Quotes
Such a one do I remember, whom to look at was love. - Alfred Lord Tennyson
Alfred Lord Tennyson Quotes
There lives more faith in honest doubt, believe me, than in half the creeds. - Alfred Lord Tennyson
Alfred Lord Tennyson Quotes
The same words conceal and declare the thoughts of men. - Alfred Lord Tennyson
Alfred Lord Tennyson Quotes
'Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all. - Alfred Lord Tennyson
Alfred Lord Tennyson Biography
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| 1869 Carbon print by Julia Margaret Cameron |
Tennyson excelled at penning short lyrics, such as "In the Valley of Cauteretz", "Break, Break, Break", "The Charge of the Light Brigade", "Tears, Idle Tears" and "Crossing the Bar". Much of his verse was based on classical mythological themes, such as Ulysses, although In Memoriam A.H.H. was written to commemorate his best friend Arthur Hallam, a fellow poet and fellow student at Trinity College, Cambridge, who was engaged to Tennyson's sister, but died from a brain haemorrhage before they could marry. Tennyson also wrote some notable blank verse including Idylls of the King, "Ulysses," and "Tithonus." During his career, Tennyson attempted drama, but his plays enjoyed little success.
A number of phrases from Tennyson's work have become commonplaces of the English language, including "Nature, red in tooth and claw", "'Tis better to have loved and lost / Than never to have loved at all", "Theirs not to reason why, / Theirs but to do and die", "My strength is as the strength of ten, / Because my heart is pure", "Knowledge comes, but Wisdom lingers", and "The old order changeth, yielding place to new". He is the ninth most frequently quoted writer in The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations.
Source:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred,_Lord_Tennyson
Alfred Lord Tennyson Quotes
I must lose myself in action, lest I wither in despair. - Alfred Lord Tennyson
Alfred Lord Tennyson Quotes
I the heir of all the ages, in the foremost files of time. - Alfred Lord Tennyson
Alfred Lord Tennyson Quotes
Let the great world spin for ever down the ringing grooves of change. - Alfred Lord Tennyson
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