Alfred, Lord Tennyson Quotes
France had shown a light to all men, preached a Gospel, all men's good; Celtic Demos rose a Demon, shriek'd and slaked the light with blood.
Tennyson, Alfred. "Locksley Hall Sixty Years After." Locksley Hall Sixty Years After etc., Macmillan and Co., 1886.
Many of the French Revolutionists viewed the French Revolution as only the first step in a European revolution where all monarchies in Europe would be overthrown and popular rule installed throughout the continent. This obviously made the crowned heads of Europe and their governments very nervous. Other French Revolutionaries however, wanted to assure the rest of Europe that the revolution was only a French affair so that they should not send troops to overthrow the French Revolution. See {585773} for a foreign policy type statement. It is probable that Warville’s desire was shared by most French revolutionary leaders but they were more circumspect in their public and official statements.
She had been asked what she had hoped to accomplish be killing Marat. Of all people Marat had been the most active and vigorous in calling for the beheading of thousands in the French Revolution. It was known as the Reign of Terror.
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.
