Who said “Faultily faultless, icily regular, splendidly null, dead perfection; no more.”?

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Lord Alfred Tennyson. A published source records them saying or writing it.

SourceMaud; A Monodrama (1855)

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Tennyson, L. A. (n.d.). Faultily faultless, icily regular, splendidly null, dead perfection; no more. [Quotation]. Famous Quotations Network. Retrieved October 24, 2026, from https://www.famous-quotations.com/quotes/32229-faultily-faultless-icily-regular-splendidly-null-dead/

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Tennyson, Lord Alfred. “Faultily faultless, icily regular, splendidly null, dead perfection; no more.” Famous Quotations Network, https://www.famous-quotations.com/quotes/32229-faultily-faultless-icily-regular-splendidly-null-dead/. Accessed 24 Oct. 2026.

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Tennyson, Lord Alfred. “Faultily faultless, icily regular, splendidly null, dead perfection; no more.” Famous Quotations Network. Accessed October 24, 2026. https://www.famous-quotations.com/quotes/32229-faultily-faultless-icily-regular-splendidly-null-dead/.

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