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

poet Alfred Lord Tennyson
#16 on top 500 poets

Poems of Alfred Lord Tennyson

81. In Memoriam A. H. H.: Preface 4/8/2010
82. In Memoriam A. H. H.: The Prelude 1/1/2004
83. In The Garden At Swainston 4/8/2010
84. In the Valley of Cauteretz 1/1/2004
85. Lady Clare 1/1/2004
86. Lancelot And Elaine 1/1/2004
87. Late, Late, So Late 1/1/2004
88. Lilian 1/1/2004
89. Locksley Hall 1/1/2004
90. Lucretius 1/1/2004
91. LXXXIII: Spring 4/8/2010
92. Mariana 1/1/2004
93. Mariana In The South 1/1/2004
94. Marriage Morning 4/8/2010
95. Maud: A Monodrama (Part II, excerpt) 1/1/2004
96. Merlin And Vivien 1/1/2004
97. Milton (Alcaics) 1/1/2004
98. Minnie and Winnie 1/1/2004
99. Morte D'Arthur 1/1/2004
100. Move Eastward, Happy Earth 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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