“God's finger touched him, and he slept.”
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Alfred Lord Tennyson
Alfred Tennyson, 1<sup>st</sup> Baron Tennyson, FRS, much better known as "Alfred, Lord Tennyson," was Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom during much of Queen Victoria's reign and remains one of the most popular poets in the English language. Tennyson excelled at penning short lyrics, "In the valley of Cauteretz", "Break, Break, Break", "The Charge of the Light Brigade", "Tears, Idle Tears" and "Crossing the Bar". Much of his verse was based on classical mythological themes, such as Ulysses, although In Memoriam A.H.H. was written to commemorate his best friend Arthur Hallam, a fellow poet and fellow student at Trinity College, Cambridge, who was engaged to Tennyson's sister, but died from a cerebral hemorrhage before they were married. Tennyson also wrote some notable blank verse including Idylls of the King, Ulysses, and Tithonus. During his career, Tennyson attempted drama, but his plays enjoyed little success. Tennyson wrote a number of phrases that have become commonplaces of the English language, including: "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", "My strength is as the strength of ten, / Because my heart is pure", "Knowledge comes, but Wisdom lingers", and "The old order changeth, yielding place to new". He is the second most frequently quoted writer in The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations after Shakespeare.<sup>[1][1]</sup> [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred,_Lord_Tennyson
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“He makes no friends who never made a foe.”
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“The Gods themselves cannot recall their gifts.”
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“Love is the only gold.”
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“Let the great world spin for ever down the ringing grooves of change.”
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“Tis not too late to seek a newer world.”
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“I am a part of all that I have met.”
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“Ring out the false, ring in the true.”
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“Ours not to reason why, ours but to do and die.”
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“My strength is as the strength of ten, because my heart is pure.”
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“A day may sink or save a realm.”
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“Theirs is not to make reply: Theirs is not to reason why: Theirs is but to do and die.”
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“Self-reverence, self-knowledge, self-control; these three alone lead life to sovereign power.”
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“Shape your heart to front the hour, but dream not that the hours will last.”
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“Sin is too stupid to see beyond itself.”
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“To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.”
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“So many worlds, so much to do, so little done, such things to be.”
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“O earth, what changes hast thou seen!”
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“'Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.”
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