Softly the loud peal dies, In passing winds it drowns, But breathes, like perfect joys, Tender tones.
Frederick Tennyson Quotes
What would it profit thee to be the first Of echoes, tho thy tongue should live forever, A thing that answers, but hath not a thought As lasting but as senseless as a stone.
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| Birth: | 1807 |
| Death: | 1898 |
| Nationality: | British |
| Profession: | Poet |
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Frederick Tennyson was born in Louth, Lincolnshire, UK. He was an English poet. He graduated BA from Cambridge in 1832. He wrote several books include: Days and Hours, The Isles of Greece: Sappho and Alcæus, Daphne and other poems, and Poems of the Day and Year.
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