This poet wrote "The firefly wakens; waken thou with me" in his poem "Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal."
This poet wrote "The firefly wakens; waken thou with me" in his poem "Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal." The title objects of one poem are described as "Fresh as the first beam glittering on a sail / That brings our friends up from the underworld," and another poem starts with the line "the wood decays, and woods decay and fall." In addition to "Tears, Idle Tears" and "Tithonus," the title character of one poem comments "much have I seen ands knownÂ—cities of men" and later declares he needs "to strive, to seek to, and not to yield." and another poem includes the assertion "Theirs not to reason why / Theirs but to do and die." For 10 points, name this Victorian poet who wrote "Ulysses" and "The Charge of the Light Brigade." 
This poet wrote "The firefly wakens; waken thou with me" in his poem "Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal."
Alfred Lord Tennyson 