Follow the deer? Follow the Christ the King. Live pure, speak true, right wrong, Follow the King-- Else, wherefore born?
Alfred Lord TennysonAbout author
- Author's profession: Poet
- Nationality: english
- Born: August 6, 1809
- Died: October 6, 1892
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