#J893 In the service of the Queen, Alfred Lord Tennyson

Who was Tennyson? Alfred Tennyson was the most popular poet of the Victorian age. With royal patronage, Queen Victoria made Tennyson Poet Laureate in 1850 for his poetry defined an era. There was a time when his poems, particularly the Charge of the Light Brigade at the Battle of Balaclava during the Crimean War. were... Continue Reading →

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#J13 Robert Seymour Bridges, poet

In Autumn Moonlight In autumn moonlight, when the white air wanIs fragrant in the wake of summer hence,'Tis sweet to sit entranced, and muse thereonIn melancholy and godlike indolence:When the proud spirit, lull'd by mortal primeTo fond pretence of immortality.Vieweth all moments from the birth of time,All things whate'er have been or yet shall... Continue Reading →

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