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Ring out the false, ring in the true. Ring out the grief that saps the mind For those that here we see no more; Ring out the feud of rich and poor, Ring in redress to all mankind. Ring in the love of ...

March 7 - Lines from the poem "Ulysses" by Alfred Lord Tennyson will be engraved on to a wall in the Olympic Village to not only inspire athletes competing in 2012, but also future generations of ...

Asked who was the greatest French poet of the 19th century, André Gide cruelly replied, “Victor Hugo, alas!” We might be tempted to say something similar of English poetry: “Tennyson, alas!” Whitman ...

A line from an Alfred Tennyson poem has been chosen to inspire athletes taking part in the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. "To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield", from Ulysses, will ...

It's not every day you get veteran actress Helen Mirren reading one of the greatest poetic works of the 19th century - and all because she wanted to make a late-night talk show host cry. So, does it ...

artist's impression of inspirational words from Tennyson's Ulysses chosen to take pride of place in the 2012 Olympic Village to give a boost to athletes Credit: Photo: PA Inspirational words from ...

A line from an Alfred Tennyson poem has been chosen to inspire athletes taking part in the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. "To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield", from Ulysses, will ...