Victorian literature
lfred, Lord Tennyson, in full
Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson of Aldworth and Freshwater
(born August 6, 1809, Somersby,
Lincolnshire,
England—died October 6, 1892, Aldworth, Surrey), English poet often regarded as the chief representative of the Victorian age in
poetry.
The Flower
Once in a golden hour
I cast to earth a seed.
Up there came a flower,
The people said, a weed.
To and fro they went
Thro' my garden-bower,
And muttering discontent
Cursed me and my flower.
Then it grew so tall
It wore a crown of light,
But thieves from o'er the wall
Stole the seed by night.
Sow'd it far and wide
By every town and tower,
Till all the people cried
`Splendid is the flower.'
Read my little fable:
He that runs may read.
Most can raise the flowers now,
For all have got the seed.
And some are pretty enough,
And some are poor indeed;
And now again the people
Call it but a weed.
John Ruskin Timeline:
1819- John Ruskin was born in London on 8 February 1819.
1836- John first wrote for an Architecture Magazine in 1836-7.
1839- The Transactions of the Meteorological Society was published.
1843- His first major writing Modern Painters came in 1843.
1848- John Ruskin married Effie Gray.
1854- The marriage broke up in 1854.
1858- He met Rose La Touché in 1858.
1869- He became the first Slade Professor of Fine Arts in 1869.
1870- He established a charity Guild of St George.
1878- He was sued by James McNeill Whistler in 1878.
1885- John Ruskin established the School of Art in Sidney.
1900- He died on 20 January 1900.
1901- Ruskin Museum was established.
