4 Alfred (Lord) Tennyson Quotes on Character

Alfred (Lord) Tennyson quotes on character

122. 'He does not love me for my birth Nor for my lands so broad and fair; He loves me for my own true worth, And that is well,' said Lady Clare.

128. A rosebud set with little wilful thorns, And sweet as English air could make her, she.

145. Happy he With such a mother! faith in womankind Beats with his blood, and trust in all things high Comes easy to him.

151. Rich in saving common-sense, And, as the greatest only are, In his simplicity sublime. O good gray head which all men knew, O voice from which their omens all men drew, O iron nerve to true occasion true, O fallen at length that tower of strength Which stood four-square to all the winds that blew!