Alfred Tennyson
British Poet Laureate (1809–1892)
1809–1892, born in Somersby
- Born
- 6 August 1809
- Birthplace
- Somersby
- Died
- 6 October 1892
From their work
He often lying broad awake, and yet Remaining from the body, and apart In intellect and power and will, hath heard Time flowing in the middle of the night, And all things creeping to a day of doom.
Flow down, cold rivulet, to the sea,Thy tribute wave deliver:No more by thee my steps shall be,For ever and for ever.Flow, softly flow, by lawn and lea,A rivulet then a river:Nowhere by thee my steps shall beFor ever and for ever.But here will sigh thine alder treeAnd here thine aspen shiver;And here by thee will hum the bee,For ever and for ever.A thousand suns will stream on thee,A thousand moons will quiver;But not by thee my steps shall be,For ever and for ever.
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