Alfred, Lord Tennyson

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: With a little...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: With a little...

With a little hoard of maxims preaching down a daughter's heart.

Source: Locksley...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Whatever crazy sorrow...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Whatever crazy sorrow...

Whatever crazy sorrow saith,
No life that breathes with human breath
Has ever truly longed for...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Wielder of the...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Wielder of the...

Wielder of the stateliest measure ever moulded by the lips of man.

Source: To...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Time driveth onward...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Time driveth onward...

Time driveth onward fast,
And in a little while our lips are dumb.
Let us alone. What is it that will...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: What rights are...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: What rights are...

What rights are those that dare not resist for them?

Source: In The Ultimate...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: You must wake...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: You must wake...

You must wake and call me early, call me early, mother dear;
To-morrow 'ill be the happiest time of all the glad...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Who is wise...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Who is wise...

Who is wise in love, love most, say least.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Yet I doubt...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Yet I doubt...

Yet I doubt not thro' the ages one increasing purpose runs,
And the thoughts of men are widened with the process of...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: To rust unburnished,...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: To rust unburnished,...

To rust unburnished, not to shine in use.

Source: Ulysses, 23
-- Alfred, Lord...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Who never sold...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Who never sold...

Who never sold the truth to serve the hour,
Nor paltered with eternal God for power.


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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Knowledge comes, but...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Knowledge comes, but...

Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers.

Source: Locksley Hall, 143.
-- Alfred, Lord...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Words, like nature,...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Words, like nature,...

Words, like nature, half reveal and half conceal the soul within.

Source: In The...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Things seen are...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Things seen are...

Things seen are mightier than things heard.

Source: Enoch Arden.
-- Alfred, Lord...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Tis better to...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Tis better to...

'Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.

Source: In...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: The world which...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: The world which...

The world which credits what is done
Is cold to all that might have been.


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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Self-reverence, self-knowledge, self-control;...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Self-reverence, self-knowledge, self-control;...

Self-reverence, self-knowledge, self-control; these three alone lead one to sovereign...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Knowledge comes, but...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Knowledge comes, but...

Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers, and bears a laden breast
Full of sad experience, moving toward the stillness...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: The shell must...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: The shell must...

The shell must break before the bird can fly.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Faultily faultless, icily...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Faultily faultless, icily...

Faultily faultless, icily regular, splendidly null, dead perfection; no more.

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: My strength is...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: My strength is...

My strength is as the strength of ten,
Because my heart is pure.


Source: Sir...

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