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 ...

In 1843, aged 73, Wordsworth accepted the post of poet laureate from Queen Victoria with her reassurance that nothing would be required of him, on account of his age. Alfred Tennyson was appointed as ...

"Hope smiles from the threshold of the year to come, whispering 'It will be happier.'" Thus Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Poet Laureate of Great Britain, welcomed one of the new years of his lifetime.

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 ...

Cassandra quotes below a poet she never could enjoy – Alfred Lord Tennyson (1809 – 1892). He was 1 st Baron Tennyson and Poet Laureate during much of Queen Victoria’s reign. To her he sounds pompous ...