Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp, or what's a … - Alfred Tennyson

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Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp, or what's a heaven for

Alfred Tennyson

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Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson (6 August 1809 – 6 October 1892) was the Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom during much of Queen Victoria's reign, after William Wordsworth, and is one of the most popular English poets.

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Native Name: Alfred Tennyson, 1. Baron Tennyson

Alternative Names: Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson • Lord Alfred Tennyson • Alcibiades • A. Tennyson • Alfred Tennyson, Baron Tennyson • Alfred Tennyson Tennyson • Tennyson • 1st Baron Tennyson of Aldworth and Freshwater Alfred Tennyson • Alfred Tennyson d'Eyncourt • Lord Tennyson Alfred • Alfred Lord Tennyson • Alfred, Lord Tennyson • Alfred (Lord)

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The development of Tennyson's genius, methods, aims and capacity of achievement in poetry can be studied with singular precision and fulness in the history of the poems included in the present volume.

And out again I curve and flow
To join the brimming river,
For men may come and men may go,
But I go on for ever.

Be patient. Our Playwright may show In some fifth act what this wild Drama means.

Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp, or what's a heaven for - Alfred Tennyson

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