With prudes for proctors, dowagers for deans, And sweet girl-graduates in their golden hair.
Alfred Tennyson Quotes
Let knowledge grow from more to more, But more of reverence in us dwell; That mind and soul, according well, May make one music as before.
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| Birth: | 6th August, 1809 |
| Death: | 6th October, 1892 |
| Nationality: | British |
| Profession: | Poet |
About
Alfred Tennyson was Poet Laureate of Great Britain and Ireland during much of Queen Victoria's reign and remains one of the most popular British poets. Tennyson excelled at penning short lyrics, such as "Break, Break, Break", "The Charge of the Light Brigade", "Tears, Idle Tears" and "Crossing the Bar". He is the ninth most frequently quoted writer in The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations. Tennyson was first a student of Louth Grammar School for four years and then attended Scaitcliffe School, Englefield Green and King Edward VI Grammar School, Louth. He entered Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1827. In 1829, Tennyson was awarded the Chancellor's Gold Medal at Cambridge for one of his first pieces, "Timbuctoo". He published his first solo collection of poems, Poems Chiefly Lyrical in 1830.
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