5 quotations linked to Ulysses (poem) by or associated with Alfred, Lord Tennyson, with source notes, explanations and related topics.
Age, endurance, travel, identity, loss, purpose, companionship and the speaker’s refusal to surrender the search for meaningful action.
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“Tho’ much is taken, much abides.”
Loss and limitation are acknowledged without allowing them to erase what remains possible or valuable.
Ulysses, near the close of the poem.
“I am a part of all that I have met.”
Identity is shaped by accumulated encounters, so places, people, and experiences remain part of the person who moves on.
Poem “Ulysses.”
“’Tis not too late to seek a newer world.”
The aging speaker refuses to treat reduced time or strength as a reason to stop seeking meaningful work.
Ulysses, in the closing address to the mariners.
“To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.”
The closing sequence turns purpose into continuing action: effort, search, discovery, and refusal to surrender.
Poem “Ulysses,” final line.
“Come, my friends, ’Tis not too late to seek a newer world.”
The invitation joins companionship with renewed ambition, making change a shared undertaking rather than a solitary one.
Ulysses, in the closing address to the mariners.