Alfred, Lord Tennyson Quotes
By shaping some august decree,
Which kept her throne unshaken still,
Broad-based upon her people's will,
And compass'd by the inviolate sea.
Tennyson, Alfred. "To the Queen." Poems, 7th ed., Edward Moxon, 1851, p. vii.
This was a dramatic assertion at the time, even for England with it’s Magna Carta.
In 1804 Napoleon presented a motion to the assembly do be declared Emperor and restore law and order. Only one man spoke against it. The speech became one of Thomas Jefferson's favorites and he urged all to read it.
Asked by one of his students about the essentials of good government:. Asked which of the three could be dispensed with first, if necessary, Confucius answered, "Armament." Asked what could be dispensed with second, he answered, "Food." The Master then added:
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.