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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TENNYSON, by JOHN BANISTER TABB Poet's Biography
First Line: Twas fit that with the falling year
Last Line: The thoughts of all.
Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb
Subject(s): Tennyson, Alfred (1809-1892); Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron
First Line: Twas fit that with the falling year
Last Line: The thoughts of all.
Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb
Subject(s): Tennyson, Alfred (1809-1892); Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron
'Twas fit that with the falling year
He too should fall;
That he, when Nature heeds, should hear
The homeward call;
That leaves autumnal o'er his bier
Bespread the pall,
For in their funeral train appear
The thoughts of all.
Other Poems of Interest...
THE LITERARY WORLD: 2 by PHILIP LARKIN
THE CHARGE OF THE BREAD BRIGADE by EZRA POUND
TO ALFRED TENNYSON by WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR
WAPENTAKE; TO ALFRED TENNYSON by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW
THE LAY OF THE LOVELORN; PARODY OF TENNYSON'S 'LOCKSLEY HALL' by THEODORE MARTIN
TO A POET THAT DIED YOUNG by EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY
FACADE: 27. WHEN SIR BEELZEBUB by EDITH SITWELL
THE HIGHER PANTHEISM IN A NUTSHELL by ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE