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'''Alfred Tennyson''' was the [[human]] [[poet]] who penned ''[[All Things Will Die]]'' which was mulled over by [[Jack Harkness]] and [[Ianto Jones]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Lost Souls (audio story)|Lost Souls]]'') | '''Alfred Tennyson''' was the [[human]] [[poet]] who penned ''[[All Things Will Die]]'' which was mulled over by [[Jack Harkness]] and [[Ianto Jones]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Lost Souls (audio story)|Lost Souls]]'') Another [[Poetry|poem]] by Tennyson was ''[[Ulysses (poem)|Ulysses]]'', which the sentient [[warp ship]] [[Tartarus]] anachronistically quoted during her encounter with the [[Fifth Doctor]] in the 1st [[century]] [[BC]]. The Doctor recognized the [[Anachronism|anachronistic]] poem, and surmised she must have aborbed it when cross-referencing [[Earth]] culture. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Tartarus (audio story)|Tartarus]]'') | ||
{{quote|Death closes all: but something ere the end, | |||
Some work of noble note, may yet be done, | |||
Not unbecoming men that strove with Gods. | |||
The lights begin to twinkle from the rocks: | |||
The long day wanes: the slow moon climbs: the deep | |||
Moans round with many voices. Come, my friends, | |||
Tis not too late to seek a newer world. | |||
Push off, and sitting well in order smite | |||
The sounding furrows; for my purpose holds | |||
To sail beyond the sunset, and the baths | |||
Of all the western stars, until I die. | |||
It may be that the gulfs will wash us down: | |||
It may be we shall touch the Happy Isles, | |||
And see the great Achilles, whom we knew. | |||
Tho' much is taken, much abides; and tho' | |||
We are not now that strength which in old days | |||
Moved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are… | |||
One equal temper of heroic hearts, | |||
Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will | |||
To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.|Tartarus quoting ''Ulysses''|Tartarus (audio story)}} | |||
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Alfred Tennyson was the human poet who penned All Things Will Die which was mulled over by Jack Harkness and Ianto Jones. (AUDIO: Lost Souls) Another poem by Tennyson was Ulysses, which the sentient warp ship Tartarus anachronistically quoted during her encounter with the Fifth Doctor in the 1st century BC. The Doctor recognized the anachronistic poem, and surmised she must have aborbed it when cross-referencing Earth culture. (AUDIO: Tartarus)
Death closes all: but something ere the end,
Some work of noble note, may yet be done,
Not unbecoming men that strove with Gods.
The lights begin to twinkle from the rocks:
The long day wanes: the slow moon climbs: the deep
Moans round with many voices. Come, my friends,
Tis not too late to seek a newer world.
Push off, and sitting well in order smite
The sounding furrows; for my purpose holds
To sail beyond the sunset, and the baths
Of all the western stars, until I die.
It may be that the gulfs will wash us down:
It may be we shall touch the Happy Isles,
And see the great Achilles, whom we knew.
Tho' much is taken, much abides; and tho'
We are not now that strength which in old days
Moved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are…
One equal temper of heroic hearts,
Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will
To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.
