Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson, FRS was Poet Laureate of Great Britain and Ireland during much of Queen Victoria's reign and remains one of the most popular British poets. Wikipedia Born : August 6, 1809, Somersby, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom Died : October 6, 1892, Lurgashall, United Kingdom Poems : Ulysses , The Lady of Shalott , In Memoriam A.H.H. , MORE Awards : Chancellor's Gold Medal Quotes I hold it true, whate'er befall; I feel it, when I sorrow most; 'Tis better to have loved and lost Than never to have loved at all. To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield. If I had a flower for every time I thought of you, I could walk in my garden forever. The London Library "I fain would follow love, if that could be; I needs must follow death, who calls for me" Adieu # AlfredLordTennyson , Poet Laureate and President of The London Library , who