Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson ,FRS (/ˈ t ɛ n ɪ s ən / ; 6 August 1809 – 6 October 1892), was an English poet. He was thePoet Laureate during much ofQueen Victoria 's reign. He published his first solo collection of poems,Poems, Chiefly Lyrical, in 1830.
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