Alfred Lord Tennyson was born on August 6, 1809 in Somersby, England. He was Poet
Laureate of Great Britain during much of Queen Victoria’s reign and remains one
of the most popular British poets of all-time. Tennyson excelled at writing
short poems and much of which was based on classical mythological themes. His
monumental work, In Memoriam was
written to commemorate the life of his best friend and fellow poet Arthur
Hallam. A number of phrases from Tennyson's work have become commonplaces of
the English language, including “Tis better to have loved and lost / Than never
to have loved at all", "Theirs not to reason why, / Theirs but to do
and die", "My strength is as the strength of ten, / Because my heart
is pure", "To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield",
"Knowledge comes, but Wisdom lingers." Tennyson died on October 6,
1892 at Aldworth, England and was buried within Poets’ Corner at Westminster
Abbey.
Michael Thomas Barry is the author of Literary Legends of the British
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