Alfred, Lord Tennyson, The Princess: a Medley (1847), Part IV, line 443
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[I]t becomes no man to nurse despair, But in the teeth of clench'd antagonisms To follow up the worthiest till he die.
— Alfred, Lord Tennyson on Despair
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About Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson (6 August 1809 – 6 October 1892) was the Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom during much of Queen Victoria's reign, after William Wordsworth, and is one of the most popular English poets.
About Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson (6 August 1809 – 6 October 1892) was the Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom during much of Queen Victoria's reign, after William Wordsworth, and is one of the most popular English poets.
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