Alfred, Lord Tennyson

Alfred, Lord Tennyson

1809–1892

Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809–1892) was an English poet, born in Somersby, Lincolnshire. He was Poet Laureate for over forty years, from 1850 until his death, and the most popular poet of the Victorian era.

In Memoriam A.H.H. (1850), written over seventeen years after the death of his friend Arthur Hallam, contains the line “’Tis better to have loved and lost / Than never to have loved at all”. His other famous poems include “Ulysses”, “The Lady of Shalott”, “The Charge of the Light Brigade”, “Crossing the Bar” and the Arthurian cycle Idylls of the King.

Best-known poems

All poems (63)

A 2

B 2

C 4

D 1

E 1

F 2

G 1

H 2

L 4

M 4

N 2

O 4

R 1

S 12

T 19

U 1

W 1

Poets of the same era

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