Tennyson: Poems
Alfred, Lord Tennyson was a more complex writer than his status as Queen Victoria’s favorite poet might suggest. Though capable of rendering rapture and delight in the most exquisite verse, in another mode Tennyson is brother in spirit to Poe and Baudelaire, the author of dark, passionate reveries. And though he treasured poetic tradition, his work nevertheless engaged directly with the great issues of his time, from industrialization and the crisis of faith to scientific progress and women’s...
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Alfred, Lord Tennyson was a more complex writer than his status as Queen Victoria’s favorite poet might suggest. Though capable of rendering rapture and delight in the most exquisite verse, in another mode Tennyson is brother in spirit to Poe and Baudelaire, the author of dark, passionate reveries. And though he treasured poetic tradition, his work nevertheless engaged directly with the great issues of his time, from industrialization and the crisis of faith to scientific progress and women’s rights. A master of the short, intense lyric, he can also be sardonic, humorous, voluptuous, earthy, and satirical.This collection includes, of course, such famous poems as “The Lady of Shalott” and “The Charge of the Light Brigade.” There are extracts from all the major masterpieces—“Idylls of the King,” “The Princess,” “In Memoriam”—and several complete long poems, such as “Ulysses” and “Demeter and Persephone,” that demonstrate his narrative grace. Finally, there are many of the short lyrical poems, such as “Come into the Garden, Maud” and “Break, Break, Break,” for which he is justly celebrated.
June Bracken and Heather11Love's latest hour is this15To a Lady Sleeping16Whispers17Kate18Mariana19Three Sonnets to a Coquette23Sonnet - 'As when with downcast eyes'25St. Agnes' Eve26Flower in the crannied wall27Leonine Elegiacs28Break, break, break29In the Valley of Cauteretz30Love and Death30Song - 'A spirit haunts the year's last hours'31From The Princess'As thro' the land at eve we went'32'Sweet and low'33'The splendour falls on castle walls'33'Tears, idle tears'34'O Swallow, Swallow'35'Home they brought her warrior dead'36'Ask me no more'37'Now sleeps the crimson petal'38'Come down, O maid'38Move eastward, happy earth40From The Day-Dream: The Revival40The Kraken42The Owl43The Eagle43The Blackbird44The Dying Swan45From Maud'O let the solid ground'47'Birds in the high Hall-garden'47'Go not, happy day'49'Come into the garden, Maud'50'O that 'twere possible'53To Edward Lear on His Travels in Greece58Sonnet to W.C. Macready59To J. W. Blakesley60Mine Host61A Character62To J. S.64Frater Ave Atque Vale68Prefatory Poem to My Brother's Sonnets69On His Stillborn Son71From The Lotos-Eaters: Choric Song72The Lady of Shalott81Ulysses88Tithonus91The Epic94Morte d'Arthur96St. Simeon Stylites108To Professor Jebb, with the Following Poem117Demeter and Persephone118The Poet's Song127To Virgil128What Thor Said to the Bard Before Dinner130The Golden Year131Merlin and the Gleam134England and America in 1782143Of old sat Freedom on the heights144Love thou thy land, with love far-brought145The Charge of the Light Brigade150Ode on the Death of the Duke of Wellington152Circumstance167We are Free168On One Who Affected an Effeminate Manner168To One Who Ran Down the English169A Quotable Snatch of Ovidian Song169TranslationsBattle of Brunanburh170Specimen of a Translation of the Iliad in Blank Verse176Metrical ExperimentsSemele: A Fragment178Milton - Alcaics179Milton - Hendecasyllabics180On Translations of Homer - Hexameters and Pentameters181Ilion, Ilion182Dialect PoemsNorthern Farmer183Owd Roa188On a Mourner201The Ante-chamber203From In Memoriam A.H.H.205Crossing the Bar255
