Alfred Lord Tennyson

　　Alfred Tennyson (1809 - 1892), Poet Laureate of Great Britain and Ireland during much of Queen Victoria's reign, remains one of the Britain's most popular poets.

　　Tennyson holds the distinction of being one of the most quoted English authors and many of his phrases have become popular in everyday usage, "'Tis better to have loved and lost / Than never to have loved at all." Some of his most famous poems include:

　　The Charge Of The Light Brigade

　　Break, Break, Break

　　Crossing The Bar

　　Tears, Idle Tears, and

　　In Memoriam A.H.H. ("'Tis better to have loved...")