The phrase has been used allusively to describe intensely competitive or clashing situations ever since Alfred, Lord Tennyson included the line in his 1850 poem, “In Memoriam A.H.H.”: ...

Texas Longhorn Alfred Collins heard his name called in the NFL draft and he's headed to the Bay Area.

by Jeremias, Alfred, 1864-1935; Johns, C. H. W. (Claude Hermann Walter), 1857-1920; Beaumont, C. L., Mrs., tr Publication date 1911 Topics Bible Publisher London, Williams & Norgate Collection prscr; ...

Texas Longhorn Alfred Collins heard his name called in the NFL draft and he's headed to the Bay Area.

Contains the selection of Tennyson's poems required for the examinations for teachers and university matriculation in 1907 ...

The area inspired literary giants such as Arthur Conan Doyle and Alfred Lord Tennyson, who wrote Flower In The Crannied Wall in Waggoners Well.