Friendship Poems

Friendship Poems by Lord Alfred Tennyson

Lord Alfred Tennyson Biography
Alfred Tennyson was born on August 6th, 1809, at Somersby, Lincolnshire. He was the fourth of twelve children born to George and Elizabeth (Fytche) Tennyson. The reasons are unclear but the poet's grandfather violated tradition by making his younger son, Charles, his heir, and arranging... Continue reading Lord Alfred Tennyson Biography

The Grandmother
By Lord Alfred Tennyson 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... Continue reading The Grandmother