(6 August 1809 – 6 October 1892 / Lincoln / England)

poet Alfred Lord Tennyson
#15 on top 500 poets

Poems of Alfred Lord Tennyson

21. Cradle Song 1/1/2004
22. Crossing the Bar 1/1/2004
23. CXV: Spring 4/8/2010
24. Dedication 1/1/2004
25. Demeter and Persephone 1/1/2004
26. Duet 1/1/2004
27. Early Spring 4/8/2010
28. Enoch Arden 1/1/2004
29. Far-Far-Away 4/8/2010
30. Fatima 1/1/2004
31. Flower in the Crannied Wall 4/8/2010
32. Freedom 4/8/2010
33. from 'The Princess' 4/8/2010
34. Gareth And Lynette 1/1/2004
35. Geraint And Enid 1/1/2004
36. Gigantic daughter of the West, 4/8/2010
37. Guinevere 1/1/2004
38. Hands All Round 4/8/2010
39. Hendecasyllabics 1/1/2004
40. Home They Brought Her Warrior Dead 1/1/2004

The Grandmother

I.
And Willy, my eldest-born, is gone, you say, little Anne?
Ruddy and white, and strong on his legs, he looks like a man.
And Willy's wife has written: she never was over-wise,
Never the wife for Willy: he would n't take my advice.

II.
For, Annie, you see, her father was not the man to save,
Had n't a head to manage, and drank himself into his grave.

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