Poems by Alfred Tennyson

Poems by Alfred Tennyson

The Death of the Old Year, by Alfred Tennyson

Full knee-deep lies the winter snow,
And the winter winds are wearily sighing:
Toll ye the ch...

The Defence of Lucknow, by Alfred Tennyson

I Banner of England, not for a season, O banner of Britain, hast thou
Floated in conquering...

The Departure, by Alfred Tennyson

1 And on her lover's arm she leant,
And round her waist she felt it fold,
And far across th...

The Deserted House, by Alfred Tennyson

1 Life and Thought have gone away
Side by side,
Leaving door and windows wide:
Careless te...

A Dirge, by Alfred Tennyson

1 Now is done thy long day's work;
Fold thy palms across thy breast,
Fold thine arms, turn...

A Dream of Fair Women, by Alfred Tennyson

I read, before my eyelids dropt their shade,
"The Legend of Good Women, " long ago
Sung by th...

Dualisms, by Alfred Tennyson

Two bees within a chrystal flowerbell rockè d
Hum a lovelay to the westwind at noontide.
...

The Dying Swan, by Alfred Tennyson

1 The plain was grassy, wild and bare,
Wide, wild, and open to the air,
Which had built ...

Edward Gray, by Alfred Tennyson

Sweet Emma Moreland of yonder town
Met me walking on yonder way,
"And have you lost your heart...

Eleänore, by Alfred Tennyson

1 Thy dark eyes open'd not,
Nor first reveal'd themselves to English air,
For there is noth...

A Farewell, by Alfred Tennyson

Flow down, cold rivulet, to the sea,
Thy tribute wave deliver:
No more by thee my steps sha...

Fatima, by Alfred Tennyson

O Love, Love, Love! O withering might!
O sun, that from thy noonday height
Shudderest when I...

The Gardener's Daughter; or, the Pictures, by Alfred Tennyson

This morning is the morning of the day,
When I and Eustace from the city went
To see the Garde...

Gareth and Lynette, by Alfred Tennyson

The last tall son of Lot and Bellicent,
And tallest, Gareth, in a showerful spring
Stared at...

Geraint and Enid, by Alfred Tennyson

O purblind race of miserable men,
How many among us at this very hour
Do forge a life-long tro...