Ulysses (poem)

Ulysses is an 1842 poem by Alfred Lord Tennyson. It tells of an aged Ulysses who is unhappy in his place as king of Ithaca. Following his years fighting the Trojans (as described in The Illiad) and trying to get home (as descibed in The Odyssey), he yearns to get back out into the world.

The most famous part of the poem is the ending:
''Tho' much is taken, much abides; and tho'
''We are not now that strength which in old days
''Moved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are,--
''One equal temper of heroic hearts,
''Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will
''To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield