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Alfred Tennyson was born in Somersby, Lincolnshire, England in 1809.
* He was the 4th of 12 children of George Clayton Tennyson, a clergyman, and Elizabeth Fytche Tennyson.
* Tennyson attended King Edward VI Grammar School in Louth and Trinity College, Cambridge.
* He published his first book of poems, Poems, Chiefly Lyrical, in 1830.
* Tennyson was appointed Poet Laureate of England in 1842.
* He is best known for his poems In Memoriam A.H.H., The Idylls of the King, and Ulysses.
* Tennyson died in 1892 and was buried in Westminster Abbey.
* He is considered one of the greatest English poets of all time.

 inspirational quotes - Image for quote : There lives more faith in honest doubt, believe me, than in half the creeds.

There lives more faith in honest doubt, believe me, than in half the creeds.

Alfred Tennyson

Tears, idle tears, I know not what they mean, Tears from the depths of some devine despairRise in the heart, and gather to the eyes, In looking on the happy autumn fields, And thinking of the days that are no more.

Alfred Tennyson

If I had a flower for every time I thought of you...I could walk through my garden forever.

Alfred Tennyson

Half the night I waste in sighs,Half in dreams I sorrow afterThe delight of early skies;In a wakeful dose I sorrowFor the hand, the lips, the eyes,For the meeting of the morrow,The delight of happy laughter,The delight of low replies.

Alfred Tennyson

I hold it true, whate'er befall;I feel it when I sorrow most;'Tis better to have loved and lostThan never to have loved at all.

Alfred Tennyson

So runs my dream, but what am I?An infant crying in the nightAn infant crying for the lightAnd with no language but a cry.

Alfred Tennyson

I am a part of all that I have met.

Alfred Tennyson

Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers.

Alfred Tennyson

HopeSmiles from the threshold of the year to come, Whispering 'it will be happier'...

Alfred Tennyson

Come friends, it's not too late to seek a newer world.

Alfred Tennyson

Tis better to have loved and lostThan never to have loved at all.

Alfred Tennyson

The shell must break before the bird can fly.

Alfred Tennyson

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