Alfred, Lord Tennyson Quotes
Authority forgets a dying king.
He was considered Massachusetts’ greatest Colonial orator.
Quoted in somewhat different form by Richard Nixon
As soon as the king dies, his successor is immediately vested in the rights, duties, and prerogatives of the king.
This quotation is of historical significance because it is a source, in addition to the Bible, about the fact that the kingdom of Israel existed and was in conflict with the Moabites. Politically it is important currently because a few of the modern Arab leaders have claimed that there was never a Jewish Kingdom in the region and therefore the Jews do not have a claim on any of the land of Palestine. This is strong evidence that they are wrong. Omri was the 6th King of Israel and his son, Ahab, the 7th. A stele is an ancient stone with writing carved on it. The picture is of the Mesha Stele which today is in the Louvre Museum in Paris.
Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson FRS was a British poet. He was the Poet Laureate during much of Queen Victoria's reign and remains one of the most popular British poets. In 1829, Tennyson was awarded the Chancellor's Gold Medal at Cambridge for one of his first pieces, "Timbuktu". He published his first solo collection of poems, Poems Chiefly Lyrical in 1830. "Claribel" and "Mariana", which remain some of Tennyson's most celebrated poems, were included in this volume. Although decried by some critics as overly sentimental, his verse soon proved popular and brought Tennyson to the attention of well-known writers of the day, including Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Tennyson's early poetry, with its medievalism and powerful visual imagery, was a major influence on the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood.
