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"Wave after wave, each mightier than the last,
Till last, a ninth one, gathering half the deep
And full of voices, slowly rose and plunged
Roaring, and all the wave was in a flame:"
Idylls of the King
English poet Alfred, Lord Tennyson was born #OTD in 1809 and died #OTD in 1892. He was the Poet Laureate of the UK during much of Queen Victoria's reign, after William Wordsworth, and is one of the most popular English poets.
Books by Alfred, Lord Tennyson at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/2987#books
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