Alfred Tennyson

England
6 Aug 1809 // 6 Oct 1892
Poeta

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Like glimpses of forgotten dreams.

The Two Voices

On Friendship:

I am a part of all that I have met.

Ulysses

Ah, why
Should life all labour be?

The Lotus-Eaters

On Knowledge:

Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers.

Oh good gray head which all men knew!

Ode on the Death of the Duke of Wellington

Here at the quiet limit of the world.

Tithonus

Her eyes are homes of silent prayers.

On Courtesy:

The greater man, the greater courtesy.

Idylls of the King, The Last Tournament

God's finger touched him and he slept.

In Memoriam

On Nature:

Nature, so far as in her lies, imitates God.
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