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Location
In All Saints Church, Freshwater, Isle of Wight Description Marble memorial plaque. |
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Memorial
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Inscription
IN LOVING MEMORY OF ALFRED, LORD TENNYSON WHOSE HAPPIEST DAYS WERE PASSED AT FARRINGFORD IN THIS PARISH BORN AUGUST 6TH 1809 DIED OCTOBER 6TH 1892 BURIED IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY OCTOBER 12TH 1892 ----- "SPEAK, LIVING VOICE, WITH THEE DEATH IS NOT DEATH THE LIFE OUTLIVES THE LIFE OF DUST AND BREATH" ----- ALSO IN LOVING MEMORY OF HIS WIFE EMILY, LADY TENNYSON BORN JULY 9TH 1813 DIED AUGUST 10TH 1896 ----- "DEAR, NEAR AND TRUE - NO TRUER TIME HIMSELF" "CAN PROVE YOU, THO' HE MAKE YOU EVERMORE" "DEARER AND NEARER." ALFRED, LORD TENNYSON 1809 - 1892 Centenary Portrait Bust Commissioned 1992 by THE FARRINGFORD TENNYSON SOCIETY Further Information
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