What would it profit thee to be the first Of echoes, tho thy tongue should live forever, A thing that answers, but hath not a thought As lasting but as senseless as a stone.
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Softly the loud peal dies, In passing winds it drowns, But breathes, like perfect joys, Tender tones.
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Birth: | 1807 |
Death: | 1898 |
Nationality: | British |
Profession: | Poet |
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Frederick Tennyson was born in Louth, Lincolnshire, UK. He was an English poet. He graduated BA from Cambridge in 1832. He wrote several books include: Days and Hours, The Isles of Greece: Sappho and Alcæus, Daphne and other poems, and Poems of the Day and Year.
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