In that poem the speaker leaves to his son "the scepter and the isle" and resolves to "sail beyond the sunset" and "to strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.
In one poem, this author laments that "we only toil, who are the first of things." That poem by this author describes a land "where all things always seem'd the same," and the speaker is "propt on beds of amaranth and moly." At the end of that poem, the speaker advises "rest ye, brother mariners, we will not wander more," preferring to stay in the company of the title "mild-eyed melancholy" people, who came bearing branches "of that enchanted stem." In another poem by this author the speaker announces "I am become a name" and remembers "much have I seen and known." In that poem the speaker leaves to his son "the scepter and the isle" and resolves to "sail beyond the sunset" and "to strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield." For 10 points, name this poet who was inspired by The Odyssey to write "The Lotos-Eaters" and "Ulysses."
In one poem, this author laments that "we only toil, who are the first of things."
Alfred, Lord Tennyson