Like most writers’ handwritten drafts, the papers of Alfred Tennyson—the 19th-century English poet known for nuggets such as, “’Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all”—are ...

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 ...

A painting of 'The Charge of the Light Brigade' by Richard Caton Woodville, 1894 The Charge of the Light Brigade was written by Alfred, Lord Tennyson and published in 1854. Tennyson uses a regular ...