ALFRED TENNYSON - BEFORE AND AFTER SATURDAY NIGHT
1809 - 1892
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Al was a poet. Check his works at the Poetry Archive. Like many introverted poets Alfred liked to keep a low profile, which is tough when you're brilliant.

In full, he was Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron of Aldworth and Freshwater.

In short, he was Alfred Lord Tennyson.

Alfred was a writer through and through. He started writing the second he could hold a ballpoint, which was able very early in his childhood. Alfred's infancy was slightly intense, he had a boozing father and eleven siblings, some of which struggled with mental problems.

But Al plowed through it all, married Emily Sellwood, attracted Queen Victoria's attention, and became poet laureate in 1850. (What in the world is a poet laureate?)

Alfred and Emily made two sons and settled down on the Isle of Wight.

Read Tennyson's Lady of Shalott.

The Lady of Shalott was published in 1833. In 1888, John William Waterhouse felt inspired by the poem and came up with the painting below.

THE LADY OF SHALOTT - BY JOHN WILLIAM WATERHOUSE

Project Gutenberg lets you read Al's works online and for free.

And here is a chronological index of Al's works.

ALFRED LORD TENNYSON
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ALFRED LORD TENNYSON QUOTES
Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers.