(6 August 1809 – 6 October 1892 / Lincoln / England)

poet Alfred Lord Tennyson
#17 on top 500 poets

Poems of Alfred Lord Tennyson

1. Œnone 1/1/2004
2. ‘And ask ye why these sad tears stream?’ 1/1/2004
3. A Farewell 1/1/2004
4. After-Thought 1/1/2004
5. All Things will Die 1/1/2004
6. Amphion 1/1/2004
7. Ask Me No More 1/1/2004
8. Audley Court 1/1/2004
9. Balin and Balan 1/1/2004
10. Battle Of Brunanburgh 1/1/2004
11. Beautiful City 1/1/2004
12. Blow, Bugle, Blow 1/1/2004
13. Boadicea 1/1/2004
14. Break, break, break 4/8/2010
15. By an Evolutionist 1/1/2004
16. Charge Of The Light Brigade 1/1/2004
17. Claribel: A Melody 1/1/2004
18. Come down, O Maid 1/1/2004
19. Come Into the Garde, Maud 1/1/2004
20. Come not when I am dead 1/1/2004

The Grandmother

I.
And Willy, my eldest-born, is gone, you say, little Anne?
Ruddy and white, and strong on his legs, he looks like a man.
And Willy's wife has written: she never was over-wise,
Never the wife for Willy: he would n't take my advice.

II.
For, Annie, you see, her father was not the man to save,
Had n't a head to manage, and drank himself into his grave.

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