Show Long lived Po Poets ti Poets Poeta on the whole are a long lived race writes Looker on in the London London London Lon Lon- don Dally Daily Chronicle and some records are recalled of poets poet laureate Of those in office since the time of Ben Jonson most have reached a good old age and held office for many years yeara Wordsworth for tor Instance lived to be eighty eighty- eighty eight Sir William two Tennyson eighty three eighty three and Colley eighty The average I tenure of the laureateship has teen tuen over oer held beld it for twenty years eara Southey for forty- forty thirty years and Tennyson seven lieven |