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	[[File:Alfred Tennyson..jpg\|thumb\|Alfred, Lord Tennyson, portrait by P Krämer-Friedrich Bruckmann]]'''Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson''' (1809–1892) was Poet Laureate during most of [[Queen Victoria]]'s reign. He was born in [[Somersby]], [[Lincolnshire]], and went to school in [[Louth]]. While at Trinity College, [[Cambridge]] he was a member of the [[Apostles]].		[[File:Alfred Tennyson..jpg\|thumb\|Alfred, Lord Tennyson, portrait by P Krämer-Friedrich Bruckmann]]'''Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson''' (1809–1892) was Poet Laureate during most of [[Queen Victoria]]'s reign. He was born in [[Somersby]], [[Lincolnshire]], and went to school in [[Louth]]. While at [[Trinity College, Cambridge]] he was a member of the [[Apostles]].

	Tennyson is the ninth most frequently quoted writer in <cite>The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations</cite>, with phrases such as "'Tis better to have loved and lost / Than never to have loved at all", "Theirs not to reason why, / Theirs but to do and die", "My strength is as the strength of ten, / Because my heart is pure", and "The old order changeth, yielding place to new".		Tennyson is the ninth most frequently quoted writer in <cite>The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations</cite>, with phrases such as "'Tis better to have loved and lost / Than never to have loved at all", "Theirs not to reason why, / Theirs but to do and die", "My strength is as the strength of ten, / Because my heart is pure", and "The old order changeth, yielding place to new".

Ross Burgess at 10:17, 1 July 2015

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	[[File:Alfred Tennyson..jpg\|thumb\|Alfred, Lord Tennyson, portrait by P Krämer-Friedrich Bruckmann]]'''Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson''' (1809–1892) was Poet Laureate during most of [[Queen Victoria]]'s reign. He was born in [[Somersby]], [[Lincolnshire]], and went to school in [[Louth]]. While at [[Cambridge]] he was a member of the [[Apostles]].		[[File:Alfred Tennyson..jpg\|thumb\|Alfred, Lord Tennyson, portrait by P Krämer-Friedrich Bruckmann]]'''Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson''' (1809–1892) was Poet Laureate during most of [[Queen Victoria]]'s reign. He was born in [[Somersby]], [[Lincolnshire]], and went to school in [[Louth]]. While at Trinity College, [[Cambridge]] he was a member of the [[Apostles]].

	Tennyson is the ninth most frequently quoted writer in <cite>The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations</cite>, with phrases such as "'Tis better to have loved and lost / Than never to have loved at all", "Theirs not to reason why, / Theirs but to do and die", "My strength is as the strength of ten, / Because my heart is pure", and "The old order changeth, yielding place to new".		Tennyson is the ninth most frequently quoted writer in <cite>The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations</cite>, with phrases such as "'Tis better to have loved and lost / Than never to have loved at all", "Theirs not to reason why, / Theirs but to do and die", "My strength is as the strength of ten, / Because my heart is pure", and "The old order changeth, yielding place to new".

Ross Burgess at 10:47, 14 June 2014

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	[[File:Alfred Tennyson..jpg\|thumb\|Alfred, Lord Tennyson, portrait by P Krämer-Friedrich Bruckmann]]'''Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson''' (1809–1892) was Poet Laureate during most of [[Queen Victoria]]'s reign. He was born in [[Somersby]], [[Lincolnshire]].		[[File:Alfred Tennyson..jpg\|thumb\|Alfred, Lord Tennyson, portrait by P Krämer-Friedrich Bruckmann]]'''Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson''' (1809–1892) was Poet Laureate during most of [[Queen Victoria]]'s reign. He was born in [[Somersby]], [[Lincolnshire]], and went to school in [[Louth]]. While at [[Cambridge]] he was a member of the [[Apostles]].

	Tennyson is the ninth most frequently quoted writer in <cite>The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations</cite>, with phrases such as "'Tis better to have loved and lost / Than never to have loved at all", "Theirs not to reason why, / Theirs but to do and die", "My strength is as the strength of ten, / Because my heart is pure", and "The old order changeth, yielding place to new".		Tennyson is the ninth most frequently quoted writer in <cite>The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations</cite>, with phrases such as "'Tis better to have loved and lost / Than never to have loved at all", "Theirs not to reason why, / Theirs but to do and die", "My strength is as the strength of ten, / Because my heart is pure", and "The old order changeth, yielding place to new".

Ross Burgess at 10:33, 14 June 2014

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	[[File:Alfred Tennyson..jpg\|thumb\|Alfred, Lord Tennyson, portrait by P Krämer-Friedrich Bruckmann]]'''Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson''' (1809–1892) was Poet Laureate during most of [[Queen Victoria]]'s reign.		[[File:Alfred Tennyson..jpg\|thumb\|Alfred, Lord Tennyson, portrait by P Krämer-Friedrich Bruckmann]]'''Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson''' (1809–1892) was Poet Laureate during most of [[Queen Victoria]]'s reign. He was born in [[Somersby]], [[Lincolnshire]].

	Tennyson is the ninth most frequently quoted writer in <cite>The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations</cite>, with phrases such as "'Tis better to have loved and lost / Than never to have loved at all", "Theirs not to reason why, / Theirs but to do and die", "My strength is as the strength of ten, / Because my heart is pure", and "The old order changeth, yielding place to new".		Tennyson is the ninth most frequently quoted writer in <cite>The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations</cite>, with phrases such as "'Tis better to have loved and lost / Than never to have loved at all", "Theirs not to reason why, / Theirs but to do and die", "My strength is as the strength of ten, / Because my heart is pure", and "The old order changeth, yielding place to new".

Ross Burgess at 15:04, 13 June 2014

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	[[File:Alfred Tennyson..jpg\|thumb\|Alfred, Lord Tennyson, portrait by P Krämer-Friedrich Bruckmann]]'''Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson''' (1809–1892) was Poet Laureate during most of Queen Victoria's reign.		[[File:Alfred Tennyson..jpg\|thumb\|Alfred, Lord Tennyson, portrait by P Krämer-Friedrich Bruckmann]]'''Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson''' (1809–1892) was Poet Laureate during most of [[Queen Victoria]]'s reign.

	Tennyson is the ninth most frequently quoted writer in <cite>The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations</cite>, with phrases such as "'Tis better to have loved and lost / Than never to have loved at all", "Theirs not to reason why, / Theirs but to do and die", "My strength is as the strength of ten, / Because my heart is pure", and "The old order changeth, yielding place to new".		Tennyson is the ninth most frequently quoted writer in <cite>The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations</cite>, with phrases such as "'Tis better to have loved and lost / Than never to have loved at all", "Theirs not to reason why, / Theirs but to do and die", "My strength is as the strength of ten, / Because my heart is pure", and "The old order changeth, yielding place to new".

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	[[File:Alfred Tennyson..jpg\|thumb\|Alfred, Lord Tennyson, portrait by P.Krämer-Friedrich Bruckmann]]'''Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson''' (~~1809–1892~~) was Poet Laureate during most of Queen Victoria's reign.		[[File:Alfred Tennyson..jpg\|thumb\|Alfred, Lord Tennyson, portrait by P Krämer-Friedrich Bruckmann]]'''Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson''' (1809–1892) was Poet Laureate during most of Queen Victoria's reign.

	Tennyson is the ninth most frequently quoted writer in <cite>The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations</cite>, with phrases such as "'Tis better to have loved and lost / Than never to have loved at all", "Theirs not to reason why, / Theirs but to do and die", "My strength is as the strength of ten, / Because my heart is pure", and "The old order changeth, yielding place to new".		Tennyson is the ninth most frequently quoted writer in <cite>The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations</cite>, with phrases such as "'Tis better to have loved and lost / Than never to have loved at all", "Theirs not to reason why, / Theirs but to do and die", "My strength is as the strength of ten, / Because my heart is pure", and "The old order changeth, yielding place to new".

	In 1833 Tennyson's best friend Arthur Hallam died. They had been students together at Trinity College, Cambridge and Hallam had been engaged to Tennyson's sister. Tennyson poured out his grief in the poem <cite>In Memoram A H H</cite>. The poem includes sexual imagery; for example, the poet compares his sorrow to the sorrow of a loving widower who misses his late wife in bed.		In 1833 Tennyson's best friend Arthur Hallam died. They had been students together at Trinity College, Cambridge and Hallam had been engaged to Tennyson's sister. Tennyson poured out his grief in the poem <cite>In Memoram A H H</cite>. The poem includes sexual imagery; for example, the poet compares his sorrow to the sorrow of a loving widower who misses his late wife in bed.
	~~<blockquote>~~Tears of the widower, when he sees		:"Tears of the widower, when he sees
			:A late-lost form that sleep reveals,
	A late-lost form that sleep reveals, And moves his doubtful arms, and feels Her place is empty, fall like these;<ref>http://www.online-literature.com/tennyson/718/</ref~~></blockquote~~>		:And moves his doubtful arms, and feels
			:Her place is empty, fall like these."<ref>http://www.online-literature.com/tennyson/718/</ref>
	This is not a unique example and material that can be interpreted as [[Homoeroticism\|homoerotic]] is widespread in Tennyson’s work. There has been speculation that Tennyson may have experienced homosexual feelings for his friend, though there is no question that he was strongly attracted to women. If Tennyson had [[bisexual]] feelings there is no firm evidence that he acted on them.<ref>http://www.glbtq.com/literature/tennyson_al.html</ref>		This is not a unique example and material that can be interpreted as [[Homoeroticism\|homoerotic]] is widespread in Tennyson’s work. There has been speculation that Tennyson may have experienced homosexual feelings for his friend, though there is no question that he was strongly attracted to women. If Tennyson had [[bisexual]] feelings there is no firm evidence that he acted on them.<ref>http://www.glbtq.com/literature/tennyson_al.html</ref>

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	'''Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson''' (1809–1892) was Poet Laureate during most of Queen Victoria's reign.		[[File:Alfred Tennyson..jpg\|thumb\|Alfred, Lord Tennyson, portrait by P.Krämer-Friedrich Bruckmann]]'''Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson''' (1809–1892) was Poet Laureate during most of Queen Victoria's reign.

	Tennyson is the ninth most frequently quoted writer in <cite>The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations</cite>, with phrases such as "'Tis better to have loved and lost / Than never to have loved at all", "Theirs not to reason why, / Theirs but to do and die", "My strength is as the strength of ten, / Because my heart is pure", and "The old order changeth, yielding place to new".		Tennyson is the ninth most frequently quoted writer in <cite>The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations</cite>, with phrases such as "'Tis better to have loved and lost / Than never to have loved at all", "Theirs not to reason why, / Theirs but to do and die", "My strength is as the strength of ten, / Because my heart is pure", and "The old order changeth, yielding place to new".

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'''Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson''' (1809–1892) was Poet Laureate during most of Queen Victoria's reign.

Tennyson is the ninth most frequently quoted writer in <cite>The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations</cite>, with phrases such as "'Tis better to have loved and lost / Than never to have loved at all", "Theirs not to reason why, / Theirs but to do and die", "My strength is as the strength of ten, / Because my heart is pure", and "The old order changeth, yielding place to new".

In 1833 Tennyson's best friend Arthur Hallam died. They had been students together at Trinity College, Cambridge and Hallam had been engaged to Tennyson's sister. Tennyson poured out his grief in the poem <cite>In Memoram A H H</cite>. The poem includes sexual imagery; for example, the poet compares his sorrow to the sorrow of a loving widower who misses his late wife in bed.
<blockquote>Tears of the widower, when he sees

A late-lost form that sleep reveals, And moves his doubtful arms, and feels Her place is empty, fall like these;<ref>http://www.online-literature.com/tennyson/718/</ref></blockquote>
This is not a unique example and material that can be interpreted as [[Homoeroticism|homoerotic]] is widespread in Tennyson’s work. There has been speculation that Tennyson may have experienced homosexual feelings for his friend, though there is no question that he was strongly attracted to women. If Tennyson had [[bisexual]] feelings there is no firm evidence that he acted on them.<ref>http://www.glbtq.com/literature/tennyson_al.html</ref>

Tennyson named his eldest son Hallam after his friend.

==References==
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[[Category:Poets]]