Alfred, Lord Tennyson

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Man is the...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Man is the...

Man is the hunter; woman is his game:
The sleek and shining creatures of the chase,
We hunt them for the beauty...

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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 life to sovereign...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Oh teach me...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Oh teach me...

Oh teach me yet
Somewhat before the heavy clod
Weighs on me, and the busy fret
Of that sharp-headed worm...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: O hard, when...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: O hard, when...

O hard, when love and duty clash!

Source: The Princess, II, 273
-- Alfred, Lord...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Our island home<br>Is...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Our island home<br>Is...

Our island home
Is far beyond the wave; we will no longer roam.


Source: The...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: My purpose holds&lt;br&gt;To...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: My purpose holds<br>To...

My purpose holds
To sail beyond the sunset, and the baths
Of all the western stars, until I die.
It may be...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Shape your heart...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Shape your heart...

Shape your heart to front the hour, but dream not that the hour will last.

Source:...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: On the bald...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: On the bald...

On the bald street breaks the blank day.

Source: In Memoriam, 7 (Note: the stanza...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: O tell her,...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: O tell her,...

O tell her, brief is life but love is long.

Source: The Princess, IV
-- Alfred,...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Our loyal passion...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Our loyal passion...

Our loyal passion for our temperate kings.

Source: Ode on the Death of the Duke of...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Nature, red in...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Nature, red in...

Nature, red in tooth and claw.

Source: 'In Memoriam'
-- Alfred, Lord Tennyson,...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: She has heard...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: She has heard...

She has heard a whisper say,
A curse is on her if she stay
To look down to Camelot.


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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: One God, one...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: One God, one...

One God, one law, one element,
And one far-off divine event,
To which the whole creation...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: O that &#039;twere...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: O that 'twere...

O that 'twere possible
After long grief and pain
To find the arms of my true love
Round me once...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Pray God our...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Pray God our...

Pray God our greatness may not fail
Thro' craven fears of being great.


Source:...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Not the schoolboy...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Not the schoolboy...

Not the schoolboy heat,
The blind hysterics of the Celt.


Source: In Memoriam,...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Sleep my little...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Sleep my little...

Sleep my little one, sleep my pretty one, sleep.

Source: 'The Princess'
--...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Only reapers, reaping...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Only reapers, reaping...

Only reapers, reaping early
In among the bearded barley.


Source: The Lady of...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Or when the...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Or when the...

Or when the moon was overhead,
Came two young lovers lately wed;
'I am half sick of shadows,' said
The Lady...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Ring out false...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Ring out false...

Ring out false pride in blood and place,
The civic slander and the spite.


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