Alfred, Lord Tennyson, 'To The Queen', Idylls of the King, lines 42-45, quoted in Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Idylls of the King, ed. J. M. Gray (1983; 1996), p. 302
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Him of Malleor's, one Touch'd by the adulterous finger of a time That hover'd between war and wantonness, And crownings and dethronements.
— Alfred, Lord Tennyson on Thomas Malory
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About Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson (6 August 1809 – 6 October 1892) was the Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom during much of Queen Victoria's reign, after William Wordsworth, and is one of the most popular English poets.
About Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson (6 August 1809 – 6 October 1892) was the Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom during much of Queen Victoria's reign, after William Wordsworth, and is one of the most popular English poets.
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