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When his dear friend Arthur Henry Hallam died suddenly, this heartbroken lord wrote "In Memoriam" un-suddenly over the next 17 years |
Tennyson
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$800 |
DJ |
DEPRESSING POETRY |
2026-02-25 |
#9508 |
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This lord's poem "Locksley Hall" tells of "pilots of the purple twilight, dropping down with costly bales" |
Tennyson
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$1,000 |
J |
PURPLE PROSE & POETRY |
2023-12-05 |
#8987 |
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Dear lord! His "In Memoriam" was memorable enough to help him become Britain's laureate in 1850 |
(Alfred, Lord) Tennyson
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$800 |
DJ |
A POET LAUREATE |
2021-08-05 |
#8459 |
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The 1827 volume "Poems By Two Brothers" had poems by 3 brothers in this family: Charles, Frederick & oh, Lord, Alfred |
Tennyson
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$1,600 |
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POETRY |
2021-02-04 |
#8329 |
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"Back from the mouth of hell, all that was left of them, left of six hundred" |
Tennyson
DD
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$5,000 |
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THE MAN, THE POETRY |
2020-09-22 |
#8242 |
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So, this poet writes of a massive military mess-up, & the poor soldiers--600, to be precise--man, they are just hosed! |
Tennyson
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$200 |
J |
POETRY, NON-POETICALLY |
2016-04-04 |
#7271 |
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He penned, "Theirs not to reason why, Theirs but to do and die. Into the valley of Death Rode the six hundred" |
(Alfred, Lord) Tennyson
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$400 |
J |
POETRY & THEE |
2014-11-04 |
#6932 |
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"While horse and hero fell, / They that had fought so well / Came thro' the jaws of death, / Back from the mouth of Hell" |
Tennyson
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$1,600 |
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POET, KNOW IT |
2013-04-03 |
#6578 |
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"But, if thou spare to fling Excalibur, I will arise and slay thee with my hands" |
Tennyson
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$1,600 |
DJ |
QUOTH THE POET |
2012-10-18 |
#6459 |
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"The woods decay, the woods decay and fall... and after many a summer dies the swan", wrote this lord in 1860 |
Tennyson
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$1,200 |
DJ |
POET-TREE |
2009-07-06 |
#5731 |
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This lord's poem "Locksley Hall" tells of "pilots of the purple twilight, dropping down with costly bales" |
Tennyson
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$1,000 |
J |
PURPLE PROSE & POETRY |
2009-04-30 |
#5684 |
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"'Forward the light brigade!' Was there a man dismay'd? Not tho' the soldier knew some one had blunder'd" |
Tennyson
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$1,600 |
DJ |
POETRY IN MOTION |
2009-01-16 |
#5610 |
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Lord Byron was a major influence on this later poet lord who wrote 1842's "The Lord of Burleigh" |
Tennyson
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$400 |
J |
BRITISH POETRY |
2007-12-17 |
#5356 |
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"Reel'd from the sabre-stroke shatter'd and sunder'd. Then they rode back, but not, not the six hundred" |
Tennyson
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$800 |
J |
NAME THAT POET |
2007-04-11 |
#5208 |
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He also wrote a poem about "The Charge of the Heavy Brigade" |
Tennyson
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$200 |
J |
POETS & POETRY |
2007-01-23 |
#5152 |
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His "Idylls of the King" ended with an allegorical epilogue to Queen Victoria to "accept this old imperfect tale" |
Tennyson
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$400 |
DJ |
BRITISH POETS & POETRY |
2002-07-11 |
#4129 |
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This poet laureate wrote poems on "The Death of the Duke of Wellington" & "The Charge of the Light Brigade" |
Tennyson
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$400 |
DJ |
POETS |
1995-05-31 |
#2488 |
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T.S. Eliot said this lord "is a, great poet... whatever he sets out to do, he succeeds in doing" |
Tennyson
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$400 |
DJ |
POETS |
1995-05-10 |
#2473 |
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The only prose work by this "Idylls of the King" poet was a play, "The Promise of May" |
Tennyson
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$400 |
DJ |
POETS |
1994-12-15 |
#2369 |
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He dedicated "Idylls of the King" to the memory of Prince Albert |
Tennyson
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$600 |
DJ |
POETS & POETRY |
1994-10-14 |
#2325 |
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Before he died this poet requested that "Crossing the Bar" appear last in his collections |
Tennyson
DD
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$500 |
DJ |
POETS & POETRY |
1993-06-28 |
#2046 |
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While England's poet laureate, he wrote "The Charge of the Light Brigade" |
Tennyson
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$800 |
DJ |
POETS |
1992-02-28 |
#1735 |
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This author called Elaine "the lily maid of Astolat" in his "Idylls of the King" |
Tennyson
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$800 |
DJ |
POETRY |
1990-11-22 |
#1434 |
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He wrote, "I hope to see my pilot face to face when I have crost the bar" |
Tennyson
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$800 |
DJ |
POETRY |
1989-11-15 |
#1198 |