Alfred, Lord Tennyson
A British author.
“The Charge of the Light Brigade”
“The Lotos Eaters”
“Ulysses”
Ulysses declares “I mete and dole / Unequal laws unto a savage race”, says “I will drink / Life to the lees”, and closes by claiming to have the strength “To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield”.