Long fields of barley and of rye, That clothe the wold and meet the sky; And thro' the field the road runs by To many-tower'd Camelot; And up and down the people go, Gazing where the lilies blow ...

The gemmy bridle glitter'd free, Like to some branch of stars we see Hung in the golden Galaxy.

Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Poet Laureate, died on 6th October 1892 at his home in Haslemere, Surrey. On 11th October the coffin was brought to Westminster Abbey and lay overnight in St Faith's chapel ...

TESTAMENT: We're talking about 'The Charge of the Light Brigade' by Alfred Lord Tennyson and 'Poppies' by Jane Weir. Victorian poet Tennyson wrote 'The Charge of the Light Brigade' in 1854 ...

In a column earlier this month, I had occasion to mention Leopardi — Giacomo Leopardi, the Italian poet (1798–1837) — and his most famous poem ... launched into Tennyson’s “Ulysses.” ...