This is a good place to begin because Ulysses is a poem that contains many of the themes we will be addressing over the course of this month.
You can read it on The Victorian Web or the pdf that I made from that. Download Ulysses
I cannot rest from travel: I will drink
Life to the lees: all times I have enjoyed
Greatly, have suffered greatly, both with those
That loved me, and alone; on shore, and when
Through scudding drifts the rainy Hyades
Vexed the dim sea: I am become a name;
For always roaming with a hungry heart...
Wikipedia's brief bio of Alfred Lord Tennyson is a good introduction to the poet's life.
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