Alfred Lord Tennyson
Alfred Lord Tennyson
Alfred Lord Tennyson was born on August 6, 1809, in Somersby, Lincolnshire, England. Renowned as one of the most influential poets of the Victorian era, he served as the Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom for over 40 years. His poetic work is celebrated for its musicality, vivid imagery, and exploration of themes such as heroism, loss, and the passage of time.
Personal Name: Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson
Birth: 6 August 1809
Death: 6 October 1892
Alfred Lord Tennyson Books
(39 Books)
A brief profile of the nineteenth century English poet, Alfred Tennyson, accompanies selections from some of his best known works.
An illustrated version of the poem about the fate of the beautiful Lady of Shalott.
A princess founds a University exclusive for women, and men are forbidden to enter. Her betrothed, a prince, together with some friends, disguise themselves as women in order to win her back
The final part of Tennyson's trilogy of plays, Queen Mary depicts the decline of Roman Catholic influence in England.
Ozymandias / Percy Bysshe Shelley
The destruction of Sennacherib / George Gordon Byron
The vision of Belshazzar / George Gordon Byron
Alexander's feast / John Dryden
Antony to Cleopatra / William Haines Lytle
The angels' song / Edmund Hamilton Sears
Boadicea / William Cowper
The Pied Piper of Hamlin / Robert Browning
Bruce to his men at Bannockburn / Robert Burns
Lepanto / Gilbert Keith Chesterton
The "revenge" / Alfred Tennyson
The landing of the pilgrim fathers / Felicia Dorothea Hemans
On the late massacre in Piedmont / John Milton
The deacon's masterpiece / Oliver Wendell Holmes
Paul Revere's ride / Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Concord hymn / Ralph Waldo Emerson
On the extinction of the Venetian Republic / William Wordsworth
Incident of the French camp / Robert Browning
The star-spangled banner / Francis Scott Key
On first looking into Chapman's Homer / John Keats
A visit from Saint Nicholas / Clement Clarke Moore
Old Ironsides / Oliver Wendell Holmes
The Helen / Edgar Allan Poe
Anne Rutledge / Edgar Lee Masters
The charge of the Light Brigade / Alfred Tennyson
Maryland, my Maryland / James Ryder Randall
Battle-hymn of the republic / Julia Ward Howe
Barbara Frietchie / John Greenleaf Whittier
O captain! My captain! / Walt Whitman
Invictus / William Ernest Henley
The modern major-general / William Schwenk Gilbert
The new Colossus / Emma Lazarus
Recessional / Rudyard Kipling
Cargoes / John Masefield
Miniver Cheevy / Edwin Arlington Robinson
In Flanders fields / John McCrae
Fire and ice / Robert Frost
A large print collection of Christmas favorites includes *A Christmas Carol*, *The Gift of the Magi*, the entire text of Handel's *Messiah*, and many other poems, prayers, hymns, and stories.
An illustrated presentation of the poem by a well-known ninteenth-century British poet, inspired by a brook that flowed near his house.
