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THE VISION OF SIN (fragment)

'I am old, but let me drink;

Bring me spices, bring me wine;
I remember, when I think,
That my youth was half divine.

Wine is good for shrivell'd lips,
When a blanket wraps the day,
When the rotten woodland drips,
And the leaf is stamp'd in clay.

Poeta británico victoriano. English Victorian poet.
Nació en1809 en Aldworth, hijo de un clérigo. Son of a rector, Tennyson was born in Aldworth, 1809.
Estudio en el Trinity College de Cambridge. He studied at Cambridge Trinity College.
Fue miembro de la sociedad secreta los Apóstoles, donde He was a member of the secret society, The Apostles
entabló gran amistad con Arthur Hallan a cuya muerte and became friends with Arthur Hallan - he wrote In
dedicó In Memoriam, posiblemente su mejor obra. Memorian, possibly his best work, to commemorate him.
Se casó en 1850 con Emily Sarah Sherwood, ese año le Tennyson married Emily Sarah Sherwood in 1850.
nombraron poeta laureado. In the same year, he was appointed Poet Laureate.
La Reina Victoria le nombró Barón en 1884. Queen Victoria created him Baron Tennyson in 1884.
Murió en octubre de 1892 en Aldworth. He died in Aldworth in October, 1884.
88 En sus bellas obras cultivó varios estilos poéticos alcan- In his beautiful works, he used several poetic styles, for
which he gained acknowledgement and fame.
zando gran reconocimiento y popularidad.
Son obras suyas: La muerte de Arturo, Ulises, La carga Some of his works are: The Passing of Arthur, Ulysses,
de la brigada ligera, La muerte de Enone… The Charge of the Light Brigade, The Death of Oenone