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To whose funeral in 1885 did Tennyson send a wreath inscribed “To the World’s Greatest Poet”?

July 25, 2020January 21, 2012 by Pamela Landy

The poet laureate of England Tennyson sent the wreath to Victor Hugo’s funeral.

The author of the novel Les Miserables (1862) was also a great lyric poet.

His poetic works included Contemplations (1856).

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