The Poet Laureate mb-code 42-26195125 'John Hobbs

'John Hobbs

This recommends that athletics are 'as necessary to the health of the softer sex' as well as being 'useful aids to innocent flirtation'

the first of three victories in his second World Championship-winning season

holding his boat steady while a young man assists his beloved to embark at the foot of some steps

The Poet Laureate mb-code 42-26195125 'John Hobbs'The Poet Laureate', 1871. Alfred Lord Tennyson (1809 1892), English poet. One of the most popular English poets, he succeeded William Wordsworth as Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom in 1850 and held the position until his death. In 1884, Queen Victoria, who was an admirer of Tennyson's work, made him a baron. A print from Vanity Fair, 22 July 1871.