20 Quotes & Sayings By Alfred Lord Tennyson

Alfred Lord Tennyson was born in Somersby, Lincolnshire. His father, also named Alfred, was a clergyman and poet. His mother, Emily Sellwood, was the daughter of a poet and novelist. He had two other siblings: Emily Anne (1835-1901) and George Laurence (1838-1922) Read more

Emily Tennyson died of cancer when he was seven years old. At first his education was conventional; then, after attending Eton College for six months, he decided to educate himself by self-study. In 1828 he enrolled at Trinity College, Cambridge University, where he earned honors in mathematics and classics.

He studied law at Lincoln's Inn in London under Sir Henry James Linton, but never practiced. Instead he turned to writing poetry and fiction. His first collection of poems was published in 1833 under the name "Alfred Tennyson." He went on to publish several more volumes of poetry before publishing his first novel, Princess (1835).

It was followed by Poems (1836), The Princess (1837), Idylls of the King (1842), Tales from Shakespeare (1844), The Princess again (1848), Locksley Hall (1852), Michael series (1855), The Princess's Return (1860) and The Passing of Arthur

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Man comes and tills the field and lies beneath And after many a summer dieth the swan. Alfred Lord Tennyson
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For words like Nature half reveal And half conceal the Soul within. Alfred Lord Tennyson
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Hope smiles from the threshold of the year to come, whispering, 'It will be happier.' Alfred Lord Tennyson
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Dreams are true while they last, and do we not live in dreams? Alfred Lord Tennyson
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'Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all. Alfred Lord Tennyson
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Love is the only gold. Alfred Lord Tennyson
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No man ever got very high by pulling other people down. The intelligent merchant does not knock his competitors. The sensible worker does not knock those who work with him. Don't knock your friends. Don't knock your enemies. Don't knock yourself. Alfred Lord Tennyson
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Words, like nature, half reveal and half conceal the soul within. Alfred Lord Tennyson
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My strength is as the strength of ten, because my heart is pure. Alfred Lord Tennyson
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Ring out the false, ring in the true. Alfred Lord Tennyson
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Self-reverence, self-knowledge, self-control; these three alone lead one to sovereign power. Alfred Lord Tennyson
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God's finger touched him, and he slept. Alfred Lord Tennyson
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All experience is an arch wherethrough gleams that untravelled world whose margin fades for ever and for ever when I move. Alfred Lord Tennyson
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A lie which is half a truth is ever the blackest of lies. Alfred Lord Tennyson
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A sorrow's crown of sorrow is remembering happier times. Alfred Lord Tennyson
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Who is wise in love, love most, say least. Alfred Lord Tennyson
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A smile abroad is often a scowl at home. Alfred Lord Tennyson
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We cannot be kind to each other here for even an hour. We whisper, and hint, and chuckle and grin at our brother's shame; however you take it we men are a little breed. Alfred Lord Tennyson
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Let the great world spin for ever down the ringing grooves of change. Alfred Lord Tennyson