“Not once or twice in our rough island story, the path of duty was the way to glory.”

— Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Ode on the Death of the Duke of Wellington (1852)

About Alfred, Lord Tennyson

1809 – 1892

English poet laureate of Queen Victoria, known for 'In Memoriam A.H.H.' (1850) and 'The Charge of the Light Brigade'.

“'Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.”

“The bearing and the training of a child is woman's wisdom.”

“A sorrow's crown of sorrow is remembering happier things.”

“There is a mysterious cycle in human events. To some generations much is given. Of other generations much is expected.”

“Fear is not a lasting teacher of duty.”

“For of those to whom much is given, much is required.”

“The reward of one duty is the power to fulfil another.”

“But what is your duty? What the day demands.”

“When Duty whispers low, Thou must, the youth replies, I can.”