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Lord Alfred Tennyson was a 19th-century British poet laureate. Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson was an English poet. He was Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom during much of Queen Victoria's reign. Read more on Wikipedia →

Themes

  • Nature — Appreciation for the natural world and our place within it

More quotes by Lord Alfred Tennyson

“Theirs not to make reply Theirs not to reason why Theirs but to do and die.”
— Lord Alfred Tennyson
action

“Ring out the old ring in the new Ring happy bells across the snow.”
— Lord Alfred Tennyson
bells

“The old order changeth yielding place to new.”
— Lord Alfred Tennyson
change

“God's finger touched him and he slept.”
— Lord Alfred Tennyson
death

“Sunset and evening star And one clear call for me! And may there be no moaning of the bar When I put out to sea.”
— Lord Alfred Tennyson
death

“I was born to other things.”
— Lord Alfred Tennyson
discontent
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