ALFRED LORD TENNYSON

A MEMOIR

BY HIS SON

I have lived my life, and that which I have done
May He within Himself make pure!

VOLUME I

New York

THE MACMILLAN COMPANY

LONDON: MACMILLAN & CO., LTD.

1899

All rights reserved

Memorial Library
University of Wisconsin-Madiona
728 State Street
Madison, WI 53706-1494

November twice, 1897; January, March, August, September, 1898; June, 1899. New edition, Life and Works in ten volumes, October, 1899.

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THESE VOLUMES ARE DEDICATED

BY PERMISSION

TO THE QUEEN

An Unpublished Version of "To the Queen," 1851

THE NOBLEST MEN METHINKS ARE BRED
OF OURS THE SAXO-NORMAN RACE;
AND IN THE WORLD THE NOBLEST PLACE,
MADAM, IS YOURS, OUR QUEEN AND HEAD.

YOUR NAME IS BLOWN ON EVERY WIND,

YOUR FLAG THRO' AUSTRAL ICE IS BORNE, AND GLIMMERS TO THE NORTHERN MORN, AND FLOATS IN EITHER GOLDEN IND.

I GIVE THIS FAULTY BOOK TO YOU,

FOR THO' THE FAULTS BE THICK AS DUST
IN VACANT CHAMBERS, I CAN TRUST

YOUR WOMAN'S NATURE KIND AND TRUE.

CHAPTER

CONTENTS

PREFACE

CHRONOLOGY OF THE BOOKS OF POEMS

I. BOYHOOD, 1809-1827

II. CAMBRIDGE, 1828-1830

III. CAMBRIDGE, SOMERSBY, AND ARTHUR HALLAM,

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VI. VISITS TO THE LAKES AND ELSEWHERE. THE

"MORTE D'ARTHUR." 1836-1837

VII. EXTRACTS FROM LETTERS TO EMILY SELLWOOD,

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246

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IX. REMINISCENCES OF TENNYSON (ABOUT 1842)

X. LETTERS, 1842-1845

XI. SWITZERLAND, 1846, AND LETTERS, 1846-1847. 281

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