Poems by Alfred Tennyson

Poems by Alfred Tennyson

Who Can Say?, by Alfred Tennyson

Who can say
Why To-day
To-morrow will be yesterday?
Who can tell
Why to smell
The violet, r...

Where is the Giant of the Sun?, by Alfred Tennyson

Where is the Giant of the Sun, which stood
In the midnoon the glory of old Rhodes,
A perfect ...

Shall the Hag Evil Die with the Child of Good, by Alfred Tennyson

Shall the hag Evil die with the child of Good,
Or propagate again her loathè d kind,
T...

The Poet, by Alfred Tennyson

The poet in a golden clime was born,
With golden stars above;
Dower'd with the hate of hate, ...

Rosalind, by Alfred Tennyson

My Rosalind, my Rosalind,
Bold, subtle, careless Rosalind,
Is one of those who know no str...

Rizpah, by Alfred Tennyson

I Wailing, wailing, wailing, the wind over land and sea–
And Willy’ s voice in...

The Revival, by Alfred Tennyson

1 A touch, a kiss! The charm was snapt.
There rose a noise of striking clocks,
And feet tha...

The Revenge: A Ballad of the Fleet, by Alfred Tennyson

At Flores in the Azores Sir Richard Grenville lay,
And a pinnace, like a fluttered bird, came...

Recollections of the Arabian Nights, by Alfred Tennyson

When the breeze of a joyful dawn blew free
In the silken sail of infancy,
The tide of time flo...

Pelleas and Ettarre, by Alfred Tennyson

King Arthur made new knights to fill the gap
Left by the Holy Quest; and as he sat
In hall at o...

The Passing of Arthur, by Alfred Tennyson

That story which the bold Sir Bedivere,
First made and latest left of all the knights,
Told, ...

Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal, Now the White, by Alfred Tennyson

Now sleeps the crimson petal, now the white; Nor waves the cypress in the palace walk; Nor win...

O Darling Room, by Alfred Tennyson

I O darling room, my heart's delight,
Dear room, the apple of my sight,
With thy two couch...

Ode to Memory, by Alfred Tennyson

1 Thou who stealest fire,
From the fountains of the past,
To glorify the present; oh, hast...

The Mystic, by Alfred Tennyson

Angels have talked with him, and showed him thrones:
Ye knew him not: he was not one of ye,
...