 The last movement of " Ulysses " , which is among the most familiar passages in nineteenth @-@ century English @-@ language poetry , presents decisive evidence of the influence of Dante . Ulysses turns his attention from himself and his kingdom and speaks of ports , seas , and his mariners . The strains of discontent and weakness in old age remain throughout the poem , but Tennyson finally leaves Ulysses " To strive , to seek , to find , and not to yield " ( 70 ) , recalling the Dantesque damnable desire for knowledge beyond all bounds . The words of Dante 's character as he exhorts his men to the journey find parallel in those of Tennyson 's Ulysses , who calls his men to join him on one last voyage . Quoting Dante 's Ulisse : 
 The last movement of " Ulysses " , which is among the most familiar passages in nineteenth @-@ century English @-@ language poetry , <a href='uninflect' title='1'><mark>presents</mark></a> decisive evidence of the influence of Dante . Ulysses <a href='uninflect' title='2'><mark>turns</mark></a> his attention from himself and his kingdom and <a href='uninflect' title='3'><mark>speaks</mark></a> of ports , seas , and his mariners . The strains of discontent and weakness in old age remain throughout the poem , but Tennyson finally <a href='uninflect' title='4'><mark>leaves</mark></a> Ulysses " To strive , to seek , to find , and not to yield " ( 70 ) , recalling the Dantesque damnable desire for knowledge beyond all bounds . The words of Dante <a href='null_genetive' title='5'><mark>'s</mark></a>character as he <a href='uninflect' title='6'><mark>exhorts</mark></a> his men to the journey find parallel in those of Tennyson <a href='null_genetive' title='7'><mark>'s</mark></a>Ulysses , <a href='null_relcl' title='8'><mark>who</mark></a><a href='uninflect' title='9'><mark>calls</mark></a> his men to join him on one last voyage . Quoting Dante <a href='null_genetive' title='10'><mark>'s</mark></a>Ulisse : 
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