Ulysses by Alfred, Lord Tennyson It little profits that an idle king, By this still hearth, among these barren crags, Match'd with an aged wife, I mete and dole Unequal laws unto a savage race, ...

And then there’s Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809–1892). The more one knows of poetry, the higher the unwilling estimation of Tennyson rises. The more one sands away the edges to expose the core of ...

This second sample from Poems That Make Grown Women Cry (Simon & Schuster UK, £9.99) is in total contrast to yesterday’s. Erica Jong chooses Lord Tennyson’s classic piece on the restrictions ...

Marking the 200th anniversary of the birth Alfred, Lord Tennyson's birth, poet Sean O'Brien explores his great poem, Ulysses. Show more ...

March 7 - Lines from the poem "Ulysses" by Alfred Lord Tennyson will be engraved on to a wall in the Olympic Village to not only inspire athletes competing in 2012, but also future generations of ...

This second sample from Poems That Make Grown Women Cry (Simon & Schuster UK, £9.99) is in total contrast to yesterday’s. Erica Jong chooses Lord Tennyson’s classic piece on the restrictions ...

March 7 - Lines from the poem "Ulysses" by Alfred Lord Tennyson will be engraved on to a wall in the Olympic Village to not only inspire athletes competing in 2012, but also future generations of ...