Alfred, Lord Tennyson : Selected Poems

by Tennyson, Alfred Lord

• ISBN13: 9780753816578
• ISBN10: 0753816571
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-03-01
• Publisher: Phoenix

Summary

On either side the river lie Long fields of barley and of rye, That clothe the word and meet the sky; And thro' the field the road runs by To many-tower'd Camelot. --FromThe Lady of Shalott Alfred, Lord Tennyson's poems found inspiration in sources as diverse as Greek myths (Tithonius), Arthurian legends (Idylls of the King), Shakespeare (Mariana), and contemporary history (Charge of the Light Brigade). But his most famous and heartfelt work,In Memoriam,came from personal tragedy: the death of his close friend, Arthur Hallam. All these, and many other of his finest poems, are included in this superb collection.

Table of Contents

Poems
The Outcast	3	(1)
Mariana	4	(3)
The Lady of Shalott	7	(6)
The Lotos-eaters	13	(2)
Ulysses	15	(3)
Morte d'Arthur	18	(9)
`Break, Break, Break ...'	27	(1)
Locksley Hall	28	(14)
The Golden Year	42	(3)
from The Princess	45	(4)
from In Memoriam A. H. H.	49	(23)
from Ode on the Death of the Duke of Wellington	72	(4)
The Charge of the Light Brigade	76	(2)
from Maud: A Monodrama	78	(23)
Tithonus	101	(3)
Northern Farmer -- New Style	104	(4)
from Merlin and Vivien (Idylls of the King)	108	(8)
To E. FitzGerald	116	(2)
Crossing the Bar	118	(1)
June Bracken and Heather	119	(1)
Chronology of Tennyson's Life and Times	120