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| "The Lady of Shalott" was one of Tennyson's many famous poems. |
“Knowledge
comes, but wisdom lingers...”
“He
makes no friends who never made a foe...”
“So
many words, so much to do, so little done, such things to be...”
Alfred
Tennyson was Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom during the Victorian
Age. He wrote such important works as “The Charge of the Light
Brigade,” Idylls of the King,” and “Ulysses.”
Many
of his words have become common quotes:
“Nature,
red in tooth and claw...”
“'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...”
Born
on this date in 1809, in England, Tennyson won a gold medal for one
of his poems when he was just 20 years old, and he won the admiration
of his queen for his later words and works. He served as Poet
Laureate longer than any other poet before or since, and he was given
the great honor of being made a baron (hence the term “Lord” in
his name).
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