For now I see the true old times are dead,
When every morning brought a noble chance,
And every chance brought out a noble knight.
Source: Idylls of the King, 'The Passing of Arthur'
-- Alfred, Lord Tennyson, (Aug 6 1809-1892), English poet; He was the Poet Laureate, 1850-92 who wrote Charge of the Light Brigade, 1854 and Idylls of the King, 1885.