Alfred Tennyson was born as a British poet (6 August 1809-6 October 1892). For most of Queen Victoria’s reign he was the poet laureate of Great Britain and Ireland, and remains one of the most famous British poets. In 1829, for one of his first works, “Timbuktu,” Tennyson received the Chancellor’s Gold Medal at Cambridge. In 1830 he published his first solo book of poems, Poems Chiefly Lyrical. Included in this volume were “Claribel” and “Mariana,” which remain two of the most celebrated poems by Tennyson. Though characterized as overly sentimental by some critics, his verse soon proved popular and brought Tennyson to the attention of the day’s well-known authors, including Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Tennyson’s early poetry was a significant influence on the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, with its medievalism and strong visual imagery. Alfred Lord Tennyson Quotes are read below.
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- Name:-Alfred Lord Tennyson
- Date of Birth:-August 6, 1809
- Husband/ Spouse:- Emily Tennyson, Lady Tennyson (m. 1850–1892)
- Education:- Hallam Tennyson, 2nd Baron Tennyson, Lionel Tennyson
- Children:- 2, including Hallam Tennyson, 2nd Baron Tennyson
- Profession:- Poet Laureate (1850–1892)
- Net Worth:- $5 Million
- Birthplace:-Somersby, United Kingdom
- Nationality:- French
- Died:- 6 October 1892 (aged 83) Lurgashall, Sussex, England
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Hope smiles from the threshold of the year to come, whispering, ‘It will be happier.’
Alfred Lord Tennyson
Words, like nature, half reveal and half conceal the soul within.
Alfred Lord Tennyson
Ours not to reason why, ours but to do and die.
Alfred Lord Tennyson
Dreams are true while they last, and do we not live in dreams?
Alfred Lord Tennyson
Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers.
Alfred Lord Tennyson
I the heir of all the ages, in the foremost files of time.
Alfred Lord Tennyson
Such a one do I remember, whom to look at was love.
Alfred Lord Tennyson
All experience is an arch wherethrough gleams that untravelled world whose margin fades for ever and for ever when I move.
Alfred Lord Tennyson
A lie which is half a truth is ever the blackest of lies.
Alfred Lord Tennyson
And out of darkness came the hands that reach thro’ nature, moulding men.
Alfred Lord Tennyson
The same words conceal and declare the thoughts of men.
Alfred Lord Tennyson