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Tennyson

Chapter I

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RICHARD GARNETT, C.B. ALFRED TENNYSON (from the painting by Samuel Laurence) 5 TENNYSON’S MOTHER 6 BAG ENDERBY CHURCH 6 ALFRED TENNYSON, 1838 7 OLD GRAMMAR SCHOOL, LOUTH 7 ARTHUR H. HALLAM (from the bust by Chantrey) 8 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the medallion by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 9 THE LADY OF SHALOTT 10 THE PALACE OF ART 11 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the bust by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 12 MARIANA IN THE SOUTH 13 STOCKWORTH MILL 14 CLEVEDON CHURCH 14 GERAINT AND EDYRN 15 IN MEMORIAM (“Man dies: nor is there hope in dust”) 16 IN MEMORIAM (“Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky”) 17 LADY TENNYSON 18 HORNCASTLE (the home of Emily Sellwood) 19 GRASBY CHURCH 20 CHAPEL HOUSE, TWICKENHAM (Tennyson’s first home after his marriage) 20 ELAINE 21 ALFRED TENNYSON (1867) 22 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A., 1859) 23 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the chalk drawing by M. Arnault) 24 FARRINGFORD (Tennyson’s residence at Freshwater) 25 TENNYSON (about 1871) 26 MERLIN AND VIVIEN 27 FACSIMILE OF TENNYSON’S MANUSCRIPT, CROSSING THE BAR 28 GLADE AT FARRINGFORD (from a water-colour drawing by Mrs. Allingham) 29 FRESHWATER 30 FRESHWATER BAY 30 GUINEVERE 31 ALFRED TENNYSON 32 TENNYSON’S LANE, HASLEMERE 33 ALDWORTH (Tennyson’s home near Haslemere) 33 TENNYSON’S MEMORIAL, BEACON HILL, FRESHWATER 34 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A.) 35 TENNYSON It was merely the accident of his hour, the call of his age, which made Tennyson a philosophic poet.
He was naturally not only a pure lover of beauty, but a pure lover of beauty in a much more peculiar and distinguished sense even than a man like Keats, or a man like Robert Bridges.
He gave us scenes of Nature that cannot easily be surpassed, but he chose them like a landscape painter rather than like a religious poet.
Above all, he exhibited his abstract love of the beautiful in one most personal and characteristic fact.
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Tennyson

Chapter I

Chapter 1 of Tennyson is here in full — 238 sentences across 48 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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RICHARD GARNETT, C.B. ALFRED TENNYSON (from the painting by Samuel Laurence) 5 TENNYSON’S MOTHER 6 BAG ENDERBY CHURCH 6 ALFRED TENNYSON, 1838 7 OLD GRAMMAR SCHOOL, LOUTH 7 ARTHUR H. HALLAM (from the bust by Chantrey) 8 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the medallion by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 9 THE LADY OF SHALOTT 10 THE PALACE OF ART 11 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the bust by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 12 MARIANA IN THE SOUTH 13 STOCKWORTH MILL 14 CLEVEDON CHURCH 14 GERAINT AND EDYRN 15 IN MEMORIAM (“Man dies: nor is there hope in dust”) 16 IN MEMORIAM (“Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky”) 17 LADY TENNYSON 18 HORNCASTLE (the home of Emily Sellwood) 19 GRASBY CHURCH 20 CHAPEL HOUSE, TWICKENHAM (Tennyson’s first home after his marriage) 20 ELAINE 21 ALFRED TENNYSON (1867) 22 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A., 1859) 23 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the chalk drawing by M. Arnault) 24 FARRINGFORD (Tennyson’s residence at Freshwater) 25 TENNYSON (about 1871) 26 MERLIN AND VIVIEN 27 FACSIMILE OF TENNYSON’S MANUSCRIPT, “CROSSING THE BAR28 GLADE AT FARRINGFORD (from a water-colour drawing by Mrs. Allingham) 29 FRESHWATER 30 FRESHWATER BAY 30 GUINEVERE 31 ALFRED TENNYSON 32 TENNYSON’S LANE, HASLEMERE 33 ALDWORTH (Tennyson’s home near Haslemere) 33 TENNYSON’S MEMORIAL, BEACON HILL, FRESHWATER 34 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A.) 35 TENNYSON It was merely the accident of his hour, the call of his age, which made Tennyson a philosophic poet.
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He was naturally not only a pure lover of beauty, but a pure lover of beauty in a much more peculiar and distinguished sense even than a man like Keats, or a man like Robert Bridges.
/hiː wɑːz ˈnætʃərəli nɑːt ˈoʊnli ə pjʊr ˈlʌvər ʌv ˈbjuːti bʌt ə pjʊr ˈlʌvər ʌv ˈbjuːti ɪn ə mʌtʃ mɔːr pəˈkjuːljər ənd dɪˈstɪŋɡwɪʃt sens ˈiːvɪn ðæn ə mæn laɪk kiːts ɔːr ə mæn laɪk ˈrɑːbərt ˈbrɪdʒəz/
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He gave us scenes of Nature that cannot easily be surpassed, but he chose them like a landscape painter rather than like a religious poet.
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Above all, he exhibited his abstract love of the beautiful in one most personal and characteristic fact.
/əˈbʌv ɔːl hiː ɪɡˈzɪbətəd hɪz æbˈstrækt lʌv ʌv ðə ˈbjuːtəfəl ɪn wʌn moʊst ˈpɜːrsɪnəl ənd ˌkerəktərˈɪstɪk fækt/

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facsimile noun US /fækˈsɪməli/

an exact copy or reproduction

From this reading “RICHARD GARNETT, C.B. ALFRED TENNYSON (from the painting by Samuel Laurence) 5 TENNYSON’S MOTHER 6 BAG ENDERBY CHURCH 6 ALFRED TENNYSON, 1838 7 OLD GRAMMAR SCHOOL, LOUTH 7 ARTHUR H. HALLAM (from the bust by Chantrey) 8 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the medallion by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 9 THE LADY OF SHALOTT 10 THE PALACE OF ART 11 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the bust by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 12 MARIANA IN THE SOUTH 13 STOCKWORTH MILL 14 CLEVEDON CHURCH 14 GERAINT AND EDYRN 15 IN MEMORIAM (“Man dies: nor is there hope in dust”) 16 IN MEMORIAM (“Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky”) 17 LADY TENNYSON 18 HORNCASTLE (the home of Emily Sellwood) 19 GRASBY CHURCH 20 CHAPEL HOUSE, TWICKENHAM (Tennyson’s first home after his marriage) 20 ELAINE 21 ALFRED TENNYSON (1867) 22 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A., 1859) 23 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the chalk drawing by M. Arnault) 24 FARRINGFORD (Tennyson’s residence at Freshwater) 25 TENNYSON (about 1871) 26 MERLIN AND VIVIEN 27 FACSIMILE OF TENNYSON’S MANUSCRIPT, “CROSSING THE BAR” 28 GLADE AT FARRINGFORD (from a water-colour drawing by Mrs. Allingham) 29 FRESHWATER 30 FRESHWATER BAY 30 GUINEVERE 31 ALFRED TENNYSON 32 TENNYSON’S LANE, HASLEMERE 33 ALDWORTH (Tennyson’s home near Haslemere) 33 TENNYSON’S MEMORIAL, BEACON HILL, FRESHWATER 34 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A.) 35 TENNYSON It was merely the accident of his hour, the call of his age, which made Tennyson a philosophic poet.”

Freshwater noun US /ˈfreʃwɔːtər/

water that is not salty

From this reading “RICHARD GARNETT, C.B. ALFRED TENNYSON (from the painting by Samuel Laurence) 5 TENNYSON’S MOTHER 6 BAG ENDERBY CHURCH 6 ALFRED TENNYSON, 1838 7 OLD GRAMMAR SCHOOL, LOUTH 7 ARTHUR H. HALLAM (from the bust by Chantrey) 8 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the medallion by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 9 THE LADY OF SHALOTT 10 THE PALACE OF ART 11 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the bust by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 12 MARIANA IN THE SOUTH 13 STOCKWORTH MILL 14 CLEVEDON CHURCH 14 GERAINT AND EDYRN 15 IN MEMORIAM (“Man dies: nor is there hope in dust”) 16 IN MEMORIAM (“Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky”) 17 LADY TENNYSON 18 HORNCASTLE (the home of Emily Sellwood) 19 GRASBY CHURCH 20 CHAPEL HOUSE, TWICKENHAM (Tennyson’s first home after his marriage) 20 ELAINE 21 ALFRED TENNYSON (1867) 22 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A., 1859) 23 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the chalk drawing by M. Arnault) 24 FARRINGFORD (Tennyson’s residence at Freshwater) 25 TENNYSON (about 1871) 26 MERLIN AND VIVIEN 27 FACSIMILE OF TENNYSON’S MANUSCRIPT, “CROSSING THE BAR” 28 GLADE AT FARRINGFORD (from a water-colour drawing by Mrs. Allingham) 29 FRESHWATER 30 FRESHWATER BAY 30 GUINEVERE 31 ALFRED TENNYSON 32 TENNYSON’S LANE, HASLEMERE 33 ALDWORTH (Tennyson’s home near Haslemere) 33 TENNYSON’S MEMORIAL, BEACON HILL, FRESHWATER 34 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A.) 35 TENNYSON It was merely the accident of his hour, the call of his age, which made Tennyson a philosophic poet.”

Keats noun US /kiːts/

Englishman and romantic poet (1795-1821)

From this reading “He was naturally not only a pure lover of beauty, but a pure lover of beauty in a much more peculiar and distinguished sense even than a man like Keats, or a man like Robert Bridges.”

medallion noun US /məˈdæljən/

any of various large ancient Greek coins

From this reading “RICHARD GARNETT, C.B. ALFRED TENNYSON (from the painting by Samuel Laurence) 5 TENNYSON’S MOTHER 6 BAG ENDERBY CHURCH 6 ALFRED TENNYSON, 1838 7 OLD GRAMMAR SCHOOL, LOUTH 7 ARTHUR H. HALLAM (from the bust by Chantrey) 8 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the medallion by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 9 THE LADY OF SHALOTT 10 THE PALACE OF ART 11 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the bust by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 12 MARIANA IN THE SOUTH 13 STOCKWORTH MILL 14 CLEVEDON CHURCH 14 GERAINT AND EDYRN 15 IN MEMORIAM (“Man dies: nor is there hope in dust”) 16 IN MEMORIAM (“Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky”) 17 LADY TENNYSON 18 HORNCASTLE (the home of Emily Sellwood) 19 GRASBY CHURCH 20 CHAPEL HOUSE, TWICKENHAM (Tennyson’s first home after his marriage) 20 ELAINE 21 ALFRED TENNYSON (1867) 22 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A., 1859) 23 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the chalk drawing by M. Arnault) 24 FARRINGFORD (Tennyson’s residence at Freshwater) 25 TENNYSON (about 1871) 26 MERLIN AND VIVIEN 27 FACSIMILE OF TENNYSON’S MANUSCRIPT, “CROSSING THE BAR” 28 GLADE AT FARRINGFORD (from a water-colour drawing by Mrs. Allingham) 29 FRESHWATER 30 FRESHWATER BAY 30 GUINEVERE 31 ALFRED TENNYSON 32 TENNYSON’S LANE, HASLEMERE 33 ALDWORTH (Tennyson’s home near Haslemere) 33 TENNYSON’S MEMORIAL, BEACON HILL, FRESHWATER 34 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A.) 35 TENNYSON It was merely the accident of his hour, the call of his age, which made Tennyson a philosophic poet.”

merlin noun US /ˈmɜːrlɪn/

(Arthurian legend) the magician who acted as King Arthur's advisor

From this reading “RICHARD GARNETT, C.B. ALFRED TENNYSON (from the painting by Samuel Laurence) 5 TENNYSON’S MOTHER 6 BAG ENDERBY CHURCH 6 ALFRED TENNYSON, 1838 7 OLD GRAMMAR SCHOOL, LOUTH 7 ARTHUR H. HALLAM (from the bust by Chantrey) 8 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the medallion by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 9 THE LADY OF SHALOTT 10 THE PALACE OF ART 11 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the bust by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 12 MARIANA IN THE SOUTH 13 STOCKWORTH MILL 14 CLEVEDON CHURCH 14 GERAINT AND EDYRN 15 IN MEMORIAM (“Man dies: nor is there hope in dust”) 16 IN MEMORIAM (“Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky”) 17 LADY TENNYSON 18 HORNCASTLE (the home of Emily Sellwood) 19 GRASBY CHURCH 20 CHAPEL HOUSE, TWICKENHAM (Tennyson’s first home after his marriage) 20 ELAINE 21 ALFRED TENNYSON (1867) 22 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A., 1859) 23 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the chalk drawing by M. Arnault) 24 FARRINGFORD (Tennyson’s residence at Freshwater) 25 TENNYSON (about 1871) 26 MERLIN AND VIVIEN 27 FACSIMILE OF TENNYSON’S MANUSCRIPT, “CROSSING THE BAR” 28 GLADE AT FARRINGFORD (from a water-colour drawing by Mrs. Allingham) 29 FRESHWATER 30 FRESHWATER BAY 30 GUINEVERE 31 ALFRED TENNYSON 32 TENNYSON’S LANE, HASLEMERE 33 ALDWORTH (Tennyson’s home near Haslemere) 33 TENNYSON’S MEMORIAL, BEACON HILL, FRESHWATER 34 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A.) 35 TENNYSON It was merely the accident of his hour, the call of his age, which made Tennyson a philosophic poet.”

philosophic adjective US /ˌfɪləˈsɑːfɪk/

of or relating to philosophy or philosophers

From this reading “RICHARD GARNETT, C.B. ALFRED TENNYSON (from the painting by Samuel Laurence) 5 TENNYSON’S MOTHER 6 BAG ENDERBY CHURCH 6 ALFRED TENNYSON, 1838 7 OLD GRAMMAR SCHOOL, LOUTH 7 ARTHUR H. HALLAM (from the bust by Chantrey) 8 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the medallion by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 9 THE LADY OF SHALOTT 10 THE PALACE OF ART 11 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the bust by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 12 MARIANA IN THE SOUTH 13 STOCKWORTH MILL 14 CLEVEDON CHURCH 14 GERAINT AND EDYRN 15 IN MEMORIAM (“Man dies: nor is there hope in dust”) 16 IN MEMORIAM (“Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky”) 17 LADY TENNYSON 18 HORNCASTLE (the home of Emily Sellwood) 19 GRASBY CHURCH 20 CHAPEL HOUSE, TWICKENHAM (Tennyson’s first home after his marriage) 20 ELAINE 21 ALFRED TENNYSON (1867) 22 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A., 1859) 23 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the chalk drawing by M. Arnault) 24 FARRINGFORD (Tennyson’s residence at Freshwater) 25 TENNYSON (about 1871) 26 MERLIN AND VIVIEN 27 FACSIMILE OF TENNYSON’S MANUSCRIPT, “CROSSING THE BAR” 28 GLADE AT FARRINGFORD (from a water-colour drawing by Mrs. Allingham) 29 FRESHWATER 30 FRESHWATER BAY 30 GUINEVERE 31 ALFRED TENNYSON 32 TENNYSON’S LANE, HASLEMERE 33 ALDWORTH (Tennyson’s home near Haslemere) 33 TENNYSON’S MEMORIAL, BEACON HILL, FRESHWATER 34 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A.) 35 TENNYSON It was merely the accident of his hour, the call of his age, which made Tennyson a philosophic poet.”

surpassed verb US /sərˈpæst/

past form of “surpass” — distinguish oneself

From this reading “He gave us scenes of Nature that cannot easily be surpassed, but he chose them like a landscape painter rather than like a religious poet.”

Watts noun US /wɑːts/

English poet and theologian (1674-1748)

From this reading “RICHARD GARNETT, C.B. ALFRED TENNYSON (from the painting by Samuel Laurence) 5 TENNYSON’S MOTHER 6 BAG ENDERBY CHURCH 6 ALFRED TENNYSON, 1838 7 OLD GRAMMAR SCHOOL, LOUTH 7 ARTHUR H. HALLAM (from the bust by Chantrey) 8 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the medallion by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 9 THE LADY OF SHALOTT 10 THE PALACE OF ART 11 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the bust by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 12 MARIANA IN THE SOUTH 13 STOCKWORTH MILL 14 CLEVEDON CHURCH 14 GERAINT AND EDYRN 15 IN MEMORIAM (“Man dies: nor is there hope in dust”) 16 IN MEMORIAM (“Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky”) 17 LADY TENNYSON 18 HORNCASTLE (the home of Emily Sellwood) 19 GRASBY CHURCH 20 CHAPEL HOUSE, TWICKENHAM (Tennyson’s first home after his marriage) 20 ELAINE 21 ALFRED TENNYSON (1867) 22 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A., 1859) 23 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the chalk drawing by M. Arnault) 24 FARRINGFORD (Tennyson’s residence at Freshwater) 25 TENNYSON (about 1871) 26 MERLIN AND VIVIEN 27 FACSIMILE OF TENNYSON’S MANUSCRIPT, “CROSSING THE BAR” 28 GLADE AT FARRINGFORD (from a water-colour drawing by Mrs. Allingham) 29 FRESHWATER 30 FRESHWATER BAY 30 GUINEVERE 31 ALFRED TENNYSON 32 TENNYSON’S LANE, HASLEMERE 33 ALDWORTH (Tennyson’s home near Haslemere) 33 TENNYSON’S MEMORIAL, BEACON HILL, FRESHWATER 34 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A.) 35 TENNYSON It was merely the accident of his hour, the call of his age, which made Tennyson a philosophic poet.”

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landscape painter noun + noun

In this reading “He gave us scenes of Nature that cannot easily be surpassed, but he chose them like a landscape painter rather than like a religious poet.”

Ring out verb + adjective

sound loudly

In this reading “RICHARD GARNETT, C.B. ALFRED TENNYSON (from the painting by Samuel Laurence) 5 TENNYSON’S MOTHER 6 BAG ENDERBY CHURCH 6 ALFRED TENNYSON, 1838 7 OLD GRAMMAR SCHOOL, LOUTH 7 ARTHUR H. HALLAM (from the bust by Chantrey) 8 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the medallion by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 9 THE LADY OF SHALOTT 10 THE PALACE OF ART 11 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the bust by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 12 MARIANA IN THE SOUTH 13 STOCKWORTH MILL 14 CLEVEDON CHURCH 14 GERAINT AND EDYRN 15 IN MEMORIAM (“Man dies: nor is there hope in dust”) 16 IN MEMORIAM (“Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky”) 17 LADY TENNYSON 18 HORNCASTLE (the home of Emily Sellwood) 19 GRASBY CHURCH 20 CHAPEL HOUSE, TWICKENHAM (Tennyson’s first home after his marriage) 20 ELAINE 21 ALFRED TENNYSON (1867) 22 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A., 1859) 23 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the chalk drawing by M. Arnault) 24 FARRINGFORD (Tennyson’s residence at Freshwater) 25 TENNYSON (about 1871) 26 MERLIN AND VIVIEN 27 FACSIMILE OF TENNYSON’S MANUSCRIPT, “CROSSING THE BAR” 28 GLADE AT FARRINGFORD (from a water-colour drawing by Mrs. Allingham) 29 FRESHWATER 30 FRESHWATER BAY 30 GUINEVERE 31 ALFRED TENNYSON 32 TENNYSON’S LANE, HASLEMERE 33 ALDWORTH (Tennyson’s home near Haslemere) 33 TENNYSON’S MEMORIAL, BEACON HILL, FRESHWATER 34 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A.) 35 TENNYSON It was merely the accident of his hour, the call of his age, which made Tennyson a philosophic poet.”

much more adverb + adjective

In this reading “He was naturally not only a pure lover of beauty, but a pure lover of beauty in a much more peculiar and distinguished sense even than a man like Keats, or a man like Robert Bridges.”

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From this reading RICHARD GARNETT, C.B. ALFRED TENNYSON (from the painting by Samuel Laurence) 5 TENNYSON’S MOTHER 6 BAG ENDERBY CHURCH 6 ALFRED TENNYSON, 1838 7 OLD GRAMMAR SCHOOL, LOUTH 7 ARTHUR H. HALLAM (from the bust by Chantrey) 8 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the medallion by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 9 THE LADY OF SHALOTT 10 THE PALACE OF ART 11 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the bust by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 12 MARIANA IN THE SOUTH 13 STOCKWORTH MILL 14 CLEVEDON CHURCH 14 GERAINT AND EDYRN 15 IN MEMORIAM (“Man dies: nor is there hope in dust”) 16 IN MEMORIAM (“Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky”) 17 LADY TENNYSON 18 HORNCASTLE (the home of Emily Sellwood) 19 GRASBY CHURCH 20 CHAPEL HOUSE, TWICKENHAM (Tennyson’s first home after his marriage) 20 ELAINE 21 ALFRED TENNYSON (1867) 22 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A., 1859) 23 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the chalk drawing by M. Arnault) 24 FARRINGFORD (Tennyson’s residence at Freshwater) 25 TENNYSON (about 1871) 26 MERLIN AND VIVIEN 27 FACSIMILE OF TENNYSON’S MANUSCRIPT, “CROSSING THE BAR” 28 GLADE AT FARRINGFORD (from a water-colour drawing by Mrs. Allingham) 29 FRESHWATER 30 FRESHWATER BAY 30 GUINEVERE 31 ALFRED TENNYSON 32 TENNYSON’S LANE, HASLEMERE 33 ALDWORTH (Tennyson’s home near Haslemere) 33 TENNYSON’S MEMORIAL, BEACON HILL, FRESHWATER 34 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A.) 35 TENNYSON It was merely the accident of his hour, the call of his age, which made Tennyson a philosophic poet.

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From this reading RICHARD GARNETT, C.B. ALFRED TENNYSON (from the painting by Samuel Laurence) 5 TENNYSON’S MOTHER 6 BAG ENDERBY CHURCH 6 ALFRED TENNYSON, 1838 7 OLD GRAMMAR SCHOOL, LOUTH 7 ARTHUR H. HALLAM (from the bust by Chantrey) 8 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the medallion by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 9 THE LADY OF SHALOTT 10 THE PALACE OF ART 11 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the bust by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 12 MARIANA IN THE SOUTH 13 STOCKWORTH MILL 14 CLEVEDON CHURCH 14 GERAINT AND EDYRN 15 IN MEMORIAM (“Man dies: nor is there hope in dust”) 16 IN MEMORIAM (“Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky”) 17 LADY TENNYSON 18 HORNCASTLE (the home of Emily Sellwood) 19 GRASBY CHURCH 20 CHAPEL HOUSE, TWICKENHAM (Tennyson’s first home after his marriage) 20 ELAINE 21 ALFRED TENNYSON (1867) 22 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A., 1859) 23 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the chalk drawing by M. Arnault) 24 FARRINGFORD (Tennyson’s residence at Freshwater) 25 TENNYSON (about 1871) 26 MERLIN AND VIVIEN 27 FACSIMILE OF TENNYSON’S MANUSCRIPT, “CROSSING THE BAR” 28 GLADE AT FARRINGFORD (from a water-colour drawing by Mrs. Allingham) 29 FRESHWATER 30 FRESHWATER BAY 30 GUINEVERE 31 ALFRED TENNYSON 32 TENNYSON’S LANE, HASLEMERE 33 ALDWORTH (Tennyson’s home near Haslemere) 33 TENNYSON’S MEMORIAL, BEACON HILL, FRESHWATER 34 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A.) 35 TENNYSON It was merely the accident of his hour, the call of his age, which made Tennyson a philosophic poet.

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From this reading RICHARD GARNETT, C.B. ALFRED TENNYSON (from the painting by Samuel Laurence) 5 TENNYSON’S MOTHER 6 BAG ENDERBY CHURCH 6 ALFRED TENNYSON, 1838 7 OLD GRAMMAR SCHOOL, LOUTH 7 ARTHUR H. HALLAM (from the bust by Chantrey) 8 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the medallion by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 9 THE LADY OF SHALOTT 10 THE PALACE OF ART 11 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the bust by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 12 MARIANA IN THE SOUTH 13 STOCKWORTH MILL 14 CLEVEDON CHURCH 14 GERAINT AND EDYRN 15 IN MEMORIAM (“Man dies: nor is there hope in dust”) 16 IN MEMORIAM (“Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky”) 17 LADY TENNYSON 18 HORNCASTLE (the home of Emily Sellwood) 19 GRASBY CHURCH 20 CHAPEL HOUSE, TWICKENHAM (Tennyson’s first home after his marriage) 20 ELAINE 21 ALFRED TENNYSON (1867) 22 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A., 1859) 23 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the chalk drawing by M. Arnault) 24 FARRINGFORD (Tennyson’s residence at Freshwater) 25 TENNYSON (about 1871) 26 MERLIN AND VIVIEN 27 FACSIMILE OF TENNYSON’S MANUSCRIPT, “CROSSING THE BAR” 28 GLADE AT FARRINGFORD (from a water-colour drawing by Mrs. Allingham) 29 FRESHWATER 30 FRESHWATER BAY 30 GUINEVERE 31 ALFRED TENNYSON 32 TENNYSON’S LANE, HASLEMERE 33 ALDWORTH (Tennyson’s home near Haslemere) 33 TENNYSON’S MEMORIAL, BEACON HILL, FRESHWATER 34 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A.) 35 TENNYSON It was merely the accident of his hour, the call of his age, which made Tennyson a philosophic poet.

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From this reading RICHARD GARNETT, C.B. ALFRED TENNYSON (from the painting by Samuel Laurence) 5 TENNYSON’S MOTHER 6 BAG ENDERBY CHURCH 6 ALFRED TENNYSON, 1838 7 OLD GRAMMAR SCHOOL, LOUTH 7 ARTHUR H. HALLAM (from the bust by Chantrey) 8 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the medallion by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 9 THE LADY OF SHALOTT 10 THE PALACE OF ART 11 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the bust by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 12 MARIANA IN THE SOUTH 13 STOCKWORTH MILL 14 CLEVEDON CHURCH 14 GERAINT AND EDYRN 15 IN MEMORIAM (“Man dies: nor is there hope in dust”) 16 IN MEMORIAM (“Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky”) 17 LADY TENNYSON 18 HORNCASTLE (the home of Emily Sellwood) 19 GRASBY CHURCH 20 CHAPEL HOUSE, TWICKENHAM (Tennyson’s first home after his marriage) 20 ELAINE 21 ALFRED TENNYSON (1867) 22 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A., 1859) 23 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the chalk drawing by M. Arnault) 24 FARRINGFORD (Tennyson’s residence at Freshwater) 25 TENNYSON (about 1871) 26 MERLIN AND VIVIEN 27 FACSIMILE OF TENNYSON’S MANUSCRIPT, “CROSSING THE BAR” 28 GLADE AT FARRINGFORD (from a water-colour drawing by Mrs. Allingham) 29 FRESHWATER 30 FRESHWATER BAY 30 GUINEVERE 31 ALFRED TENNYSON 32 TENNYSON’S LANE, HASLEMERE 33 ALDWORTH (Tennyson’s home near Haslemere) 33 TENNYSON’S MEMORIAL, BEACON HILL, FRESHWATER 34 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A.) 35 TENNYSON It was merely the accident of his hour, the call of his age, which made Tennyson a philosophic poet.

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From this reading RICHARD GARNETT, C.B. ALFRED TENNYSON (from the painting by Samuel Laurence) 5 TENNYSON’S MOTHER 6 BAG ENDERBY CHURCH 6 ALFRED TENNYSON, 1838 7 OLD GRAMMAR SCHOOL, LOUTH 7 ARTHUR H. HALLAM (from the bust by Chantrey) 8 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the medallion by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 9 THE LADY OF SHALOTT 10 THE PALACE OF ART 11 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the bust by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 12 MARIANA IN THE SOUTH 13 STOCKWORTH MILL 14 CLEVEDON CHURCH 14 GERAINT AND EDYRN 15 IN MEMORIAM (“Man dies: nor is there hope in dust”) 16 IN MEMORIAM (“Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky”) 17 LADY TENNYSON 18 HORNCASTLE (the home of Emily Sellwood) 19 GRASBY CHURCH 20 CHAPEL HOUSE, TWICKENHAM (Tennyson’s first home after his marriage) 20 ELAINE 21 ALFRED TENNYSON (1867) 22 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A., 1859) 23 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the chalk drawing by M. Arnault) 24 FARRINGFORD (Tennyson’s residence at Freshwater) 25 TENNYSON (about 1871) 26 MERLIN AND VIVIEN 27 FACSIMILE OF TENNYSON’S MANUSCRIPT, “CROSSING THE BAR” 28 GLADE AT FARRINGFORD (from a water-colour drawing by Mrs. Allingham) 29 FRESHWATER 30 FRESHWATER BAY 30 GUINEVERE 31 ALFRED TENNYSON 32 TENNYSON’S LANE, HASLEMERE 33 ALDWORTH (Tennyson’s home near Haslemere) 33 TENNYSON’S MEMORIAL, BEACON HILL, FRESHWATER 34 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A.) 35 TENNYSON It was merely the accident of his hour, the call of his age, which made Tennyson a philosophic poet.

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From this reading RICHARD GARNETT, C.B. ALFRED TENNYSON (from the painting by Samuel Laurence) 5 TENNYSON’S MOTHER 6 BAG ENDERBY CHURCH 6 ALFRED TENNYSON, 1838 7 OLD GRAMMAR SCHOOL, LOUTH 7 ARTHUR H. HALLAM (from the bust by Chantrey) 8 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the medallion by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 9 THE LADY OF SHALOTT 10 THE PALACE OF ART 11 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the bust by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 12 MARIANA IN THE SOUTH 13 STOCKWORTH MILL 14 CLEVEDON CHURCH 14 GERAINT AND EDYRN 15 IN MEMORIAM (“Man dies: nor is there hope in dust”) 16 IN MEMORIAM (“Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky”) 17 LADY TENNYSON 18 HORNCASTLE (the home of Emily Sellwood) 19 GRASBY CHURCH 20 CHAPEL HOUSE, TWICKENHAM (Tennyson’s first home after his marriage) 20 ELAINE 21 ALFRED TENNYSON (1867) 22 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A., 1859) 23 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the chalk drawing by M. Arnault) 24 FARRINGFORD (Tennyson’s residence at Freshwater) 25 TENNYSON (about 1871) 26 MERLIN AND VIVIEN 27 FACSIMILE OF TENNYSON’S MANUSCRIPT, “CROSSING THE BAR” 28 GLADE AT FARRINGFORD (from a water-colour drawing by Mrs. Allingham) 29 FRESHWATER 30 FRESHWATER BAY 30 GUINEVERE 31 ALFRED TENNYSON 32 TENNYSON’S LANE, HASLEMERE 33 ALDWORTH (Tennyson’s home near Haslemere) 33 TENNYSON’S MEMORIAL, BEACON HILL, FRESHWATER 34 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A.) 35 TENNYSON It was merely the accident of his hour, the call of his age, which made Tennyson a philosophic poet.

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From this reading RICHARD GARNETT, C.B. ALFRED TENNYSON (from the painting by Samuel Laurence) 5 TENNYSON’S MOTHER 6 BAG ENDERBY CHURCH 6 ALFRED TENNYSON, 1838 7 OLD GRAMMAR SCHOOL, LOUTH 7 ARTHUR H. HALLAM (from the bust by Chantrey) 8 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the medallion by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 9 THE LADY OF SHALOTT 10 THE PALACE OF ART 11 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the bust by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 12 MARIANA IN THE SOUTH 13 STOCKWORTH MILL 14 CLEVEDON CHURCH 14 GERAINT AND EDYRN 15 IN MEMORIAM (“Man dies: nor is there hope in dust”) 16 IN MEMORIAM (“Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky”) 17 LADY TENNYSON 18 HORNCASTLE (the home of Emily Sellwood) 19 GRASBY CHURCH 20 CHAPEL HOUSE, TWICKENHAM (Tennyson’s first home after his marriage) 20 ELAINE 21 ALFRED TENNYSON (1867) 22 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A., 1859) 23 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the chalk drawing by M. Arnault) 24 FARRINGFORD (Tennyson’s residence at Freshwater) 25 TENNYSON (about 1871) 26 MERLIN AND VIVIEN 27 FACSIMILE OF TENNYSON’S MANUSCRIPT, “CROSSING THE BAR” 28 GLADE AT FARRINGFORD (from a water-colour drawing by Mrs. Allingham) 29 FRESHWATER 30 FRESHWATER BAY 30 GUINEVERE 31 ALFRED TENNYSON 32 TENNYSON’S LANE, HASLEMERE 33 ALDWORTH (Tennyson’s home near Haslemere) 33 TENNYSON’S MEMORIAL, BEACON HILL, FRESHWATER 34 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A.) 35 TENNYSON It was merely the accident of his hour, the call of his age, which made Tennyson a philosophic poet.

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From this reading RICHARD GARNETT, C.B. ALFRED TENNYSON (from the painting by Samuel Laurence) 5 TENNYSON’S MOTHER 6 BAG ENDERBY CHURCH 6 ALFRED TENNYSON, 1838 7 OLD GRAMMAR SCHOOL, LOUTH 7 ARTHUR H. HALLAM (from the bust by Chantrey) 8 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the medallion by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 9 THE LADY OF SHALOTT 10 THE PALACE OF ART 11 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the bust by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 12 MARIANA IN THE SOUTH 13 STOCKWORTH MILL 14 CLEVEDON CHURCH 14 GERAINT AND EDYRN 15 IN MEMORIAM (“Man dies: nor is there hope in dust”) 16 IN MEMORIAM (“Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky”) 17 LADY TENNYSON 18 HORNCASTLE (the home of Emily Sellwood) 19 GRASBY CHURCH 20 CHAPEL HOUSE, TWICKENHAM (Tennyson’s first home after his marriage) 20 ELAINE 21 ALFRED TENNYSON (1867) 22 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A., 1859) 23 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the chalk drawing by M. Arnault) 24 FARRINGFORD (Tennyson’s residence at Freshwater) 25 TENNYSON (about 1871) 26 MERLIN AND VIVIEN 27 FACSIMILE OF TENNYSON’S MANUSCRIPT, “CROSSING THE BAR” 28 GLADE AT FARRINGFORD (from a water-colour drawing by Mrs. Allingham) 29 FRESHWATER 30 FRESHWATER BAY 30 GUINEVERE 31 ALFRED TENNYSON 32 TENNYSON’S LANE, HASLEMERE 33 ALDWORTH (Tennyson’s home near Haslemere) 33 TENNYSON’S MEMORIAL, BEACON HILL, FRESHWATER 34 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A.) 35 TENNYSON It was merely the accident of his hour, the call of his age, which made Tennyson a philosophic poet.

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From this reading RICHARD GARNETT, C.B. ALFRED TENNYSON (from the painting by Samuel Laurence) 5 TENNYSON’S MOTHER 6 BAG ENDERBY CHURCH 6 ALFRED TENNYSON, 1838 7 OLD GRAMMAR SCHOOL, LOUTH 7 ARTHUR H. HALLAM (from the bust by Chantrey) 8 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the medallion by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 9 THE LADY OF SHALOTT 10 THE PALACE OF ART 11 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the bust by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 12 MARIANA IN THE SOUTH 13 STOCKWORTH MILL 14 CLEVEDON CHURCH 14 GERAINT AND EDYRN 15 IN MEMORIAM (“Man dies: nor is there hope in dust”) 16 IN MEMORIAM (“Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky”) 17 LADY TENNYSON 18 HORNCASTLE (the home of Emily Sellwood) 19 GRASBY CHURCH 20 CHAPEL HOUSE, TWICKENHAM (Tennyson’s first home after his marriage) 20 ELAINE 21 ALFRED TENNYSON (1867) 22 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A., 1859) 23 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the chalk drawing by M. Arnault) 24 FARRINGFORD (Tennyson’s residence at Freshwater) 25 TENNYSON (about 1871) 26 MERLIN AND VIVIEN 27 FACSIMILE OF TENNYSON’S MANUSCRIPT, “CROSSING THE BAR” 28 GLADE AT FARRINGFORD (from a water-colour drawing by Mrs. Allingham) 29 FRESHWATER 30 FRESHWATER BAY 30 GUINEVERE 31 ALFRED TENNYSON 32 TENNYSON’S LANE, HASLEMERE 33 ALDWORTH (Tennyson’s home near Haslemere) 33 TENNYSON’S MEMORIAL, BEACON HILL, FRESHWATER 34 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A.) 35 TENNYSON It was merely the accident of his hour, the call of his age, which made Tennyson a philosophic poet.

1838

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From this reading RICHARD GARNETT, C.B. ALFRED TENNYSON (from the painting by Samuel Laurence) 5 TENNYSON’S MOTHER 6 BAG ENDERBY CHURCH 6 ALFRED TENNYSON, 1838 7 OLD GRAMMAR SCHOOL, LOUTH 7 ARTHUR H. HALLAM (from the bust by Chantrey) 8 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the medallion by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 9 THE LADY OF SHALOTT 10 THE PALACE OF ART 11 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the bust by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 12 MARIANA IN THE SOUTH 13 STOCKWORTH MILL 14 CLEVEDON CHURCH 14 GERAINT AND EDYRN 15 IN MEMORIAM (“Man dies: nor is there hope in dust”) 16 IN MEMORIAM (“Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky”) 17 LADY TENNYSON 18 HORNCASTLE (the home of Emily Sellwood) 19 GRASBY CHURCH 20 CHAPEL HOUSE, TWICKENHAM (Tennyson’s first home after his marriage) 20 ELAINE 21 ALFRED TENNYSON (1867) 22 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A., 1859) 23 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the chalk drawing by M. Arnault) 24 FARRINGFORD (Tennyson’s residence at Freshwater) 25 TENNYSON (about 1871) 26 MERLIN AND VIVIEN 27 FACSIMILE OF TENNYSON’S MANUSCRIPT, “CROSSING THE BAR” 28 GLADE AT FARRINGFORD (from a water-colour drawing by Mrs. Allingham) 29 FRESHWATER 30 FRESHWATER BAY 30 GUINEVERE 31 ALFRED TENNYSON 32 TENNYSON’S LANE, HASLEMERE 33 ALDWORTH (Tennyson’s home near Haslemere) 33 TENNYSON’S MEMORIAL, BEACON HILL, FRESHWATER 34 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A.) 35 TENNYSON It was merely the accident of his hour, the call of his age, which made Tennyson a philosophic poet.

1859

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From this reading RICHARD GARNETT, C.B. ALFRED TENNYSON (from the painting by Samuel Laurence) 5 TENNYSON’S MOTHER 6 BAG ENDERBY CHURCH 6 ALFRED TENNYSON, 1838 7 OLD GRAMMAR SCHOOL, LOUTH 7 ARTHUR H. HALLAM (from the bust by Chantrey) 8 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the medallion by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 9 THE LADY OF SHALOTT 10 THE PALACE OF ART 11 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the bust by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 12 MARIANA IN THE SOUTH 13 STOCKWORTH MILL 14 CLEVEDON CHURCH 14 GERAINT AND EDYRN 15 IN MEMORIAM (“Man dies: nor is there hope in dust”) 16 IN MEMORIAM (“Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky”) 17 LADY TENNYSON 18 HORNCASTLE (the home of Emily Sellwood) 19 GRASBY CHURCH 20 CHAPEL HOUSE, TWICKENHAM (Tennyson’s first home after his marriage) 20 ELAINE 21 ALFRED TENNYSON (1867) 22 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A., 1859) 23 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the chalk drawing by M. Arnault) 24 FARRINGFORD (Tennyson’s residence at Freshwater) 25 TENNYSON (about 1871) 26 MERLIN AND VIVIEN 27 FACSIMILE OF TENNYSON’S MANUSCRIPT, “CROSSING THE BAR” 28 GLADE AT FARRINGFORD (from a water-colour drawing by Mrs. Allingham) 29 FRESHWATER 30 FRESHWATER BAY 30 GUINEVERE 31 ALFRED TENNYSON 32 TENNYSON’S LANE, HASLEMERE 33 ALDWORTH (Tennyson’s home near Haslemere) 33 TENNYSON’S MEMORIAL, BEACON HILL, FRESHWATER 34 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A.) 35 TENNYSON It was merely the accident of his hour, the call of his age, which made Tennyson a philosophic poet.

1867

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From this reading RICHARD GARNETT, C.B. ALFRED TENNYSON (from the painting by Samuel Laurence) 5 TENNYSON’S MOTHER 6 BAG ENDERBY CHURCH 6 ALFRED TENNYSON, 1838 7 OLD GRAMMAR SCHOOL, LOUTH 7 ARTHUR H. HALLAM (from the bust by Chantrey) 8 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the medallion by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 9 THE LADY OF SHALOTT 10 THE PALACE OF ART 11 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the bust by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 12 MARIANA IN THE SOUTH 13 STOCKWORTH MILL 14 CLEVEDON CHURCH 14 GERAINT AND EDYRN 15 IN MEMORIAM (“Man dies: nor is there hope in dust”) 16 IN MEMORIAM (“Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky”) 17 LADY TENNYSON 18 HORNCASTLE (the home of Emily Sellwood) 19 GRASBY CHURCH 20 CHAPEL HOUSE, TWICKENHAM (Tennyson’s first home after his marriage) 20 ELAINE 21 ALFRED TENNYSON (1867) 22 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A., 1859) 23 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the chalk drawing by M. Arnault) 24 FARRINGFORD (Tennyson’s residence at Freshwater) 25 TENNYSON (about 1871) 26 MERLIN AND VIVIEN 27 FACSIMILE OF TENNYSON’S MANUSCRIPT, “CROSSING THE BAR” 28 GLADE AT FARRINGFORD (from a water-colour drawing by Mrs. Allingham) 29 FRESHWATER 30 FRESHWATER BAY 30 GUINEVERE 31 ALFRED TENNYSON 32 TENNYSON’S LANE, HASLEMERE 33 ALDWORTH (Tennyson’s home near Haslemere) 33 TENNYSON’S MEMORIAL, BEACON HILL, FRESHWATER 34 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A.) 35 TENNYSON It was merely the accident of his hour, the call of his age, which made Tennyson a philosophic poet.

1871

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From this reading RICHARD GARNETT, C.B. ALFRED TENNYSON (from the painting by Samuel Laurence) 5 TENNYSON’S MOTHER 6 BAG ENDERBY CHURCH 6 ALFRED TENNYSON, 1838 7 OLD GRAMMAR SCHOOL, LOUTH 7 ARTHUR H. HALLAM (from the bust by Chantrey) 8 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the medallion by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 9 THE LADY OF SHALOTT 10 THE PALACE OF ART 11 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the bust by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 12 MARIANA IN THE SOUTH 13 STOCKWORTH MILL 14 CLEVEDON CHURCH 14 GERAINT AND EDYRN 15 IN MEMORIAM (“Man dies: nor is there hope in dust”) 16 IN MEMORIAM (“Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky”) 17 LADY TENNYSON 18 HORNCASTLE (the home of Emily Sellwood) 19 GRASBY CHURCH 20 CHAPEL HOUSE, TWICKENHAM (Tennyson’s first home after his marriage) 20 ELAINE 21 ALFRED TENNYSON (1867) 22 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A., 1859) 23 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the chalk drawing by M. Arnault) 24 FARRINGFORD (Tennyson’s residence at Freshwater) 25 TENNYSON (about 1871) 26 MERLIN AND VIVIEN 27 FACSIMILE OF TENNYSON’S MANUSCRIPT, “CROSSING THE BAR” 28 GLADE AT FARRINGFORD (from a water-colour drawing by Mrs. Allingham) 29 FRESHWATER 30 FRESHWATER BAY 30 GUINEVERE 31 ALFRED TENNYSON 32 TENNYSON’S LANE, HASLEMERE 33 ALDWORTH (Tennyson’s home near Haslemere) 33 TENNYSON’S MEMORIAL, BEACON HILL, FRESHWATER 34 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A.) 35 TENNYSON It was merely the accident of his hour, the call of his age, which made Tennyson a philosophic poet.

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From this reading RICHARD GARNETT, C.B. ALFRED TENNYSON (from the painting by Samuel Laurence) 5 TENNYSON’S MOTHER 6 BAG ENDERBY CHURCH 6 ALFRED TENNYSON, 1838 7 OLD GRAMMAR SCHOOL, LOUTH 7 ARTHUR H. HALLAM (from the bust by Chantrey) 8 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the medallion by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 9 THE LADY OF SHALOTT 10 THE PALACE OF ART 11 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the bust by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 12 MARIANA IN THE SOUTH 13 STOCKWORTH MILL 14 CLEVEDON CHURCH 14 GERAINT AND EDYRN 15 IN MEMORIAM (“Man dies: nor is there hope in dust”) 16 IN MEMORIAM (“Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky”) 17 LADY TENNYSON 18 HORNCASTLE (the home of Emily Sellwood) 19 GRASBY CHURCH 20 CHAPEL HOUSE, TWICKENHAM (Tennyson’s first home after his marriage) 20 ELAINE 21 ALFRED TENNYSON (1867) 22 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A., 1859) 23 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the chalk drawing by M. Arnault) 24 FARRINGFORD (Tennyson’s residence at Freshwater) 25 TENNYSON (about 1871) 26 MERLIN AND VIVIEN 27 FACSIMILE OF TENNYSON’S MANUSCRIPT, “CROSSING THE BAR” 28 GLADE AT FARRINGFORD (from a water-colour drawing by Mrs. Allingham) 29 FRESHWATER 30 FRESHWATER BAY 30 GUINEVERE 31 ALFRED TENNYSON 32 TENNYSON’S LANE, HASLEMERE 33 ALDWORTH (Tennyson’s home near Haslemere) 33 TENNYSON’S MEMORIAL, BEACON HILL, FRESHWATER 34 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A.) 35 TENNYSON It was merely the accident of his hour, the call of his age, which made Tennyson a philosophic poet.

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From this reading RICHARD GARNETT, C.B. ALFRED TENNYSON (from the painting by Samuel Laurence) 5 TENNYSON’S MOTHER 6 BAG ENDERBY CHURCH 6 ALFRED TENNYSON, 1838 7 OLD GRAMMAR SCHOOL, LOUTH 7 ARTHUR H. HALLAM (from the bust by Chantrey) 8 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the medallion by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 9 THE LADY OF SHALOTT 10 THE PALACE OF ART 11 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the bust by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 12 MARIANA IN THE SOUTH 13 STOCKWORTH MILL 14 CLEVEDON CHURCH 14 GERAINT AND EDYRN 15 IN MEMORIAM (“Man dies: nor is there hope in dust”) 16 IN MEMORIAM (“Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky”) 17 LADY TENNYSON 18 HORNCASTLE (the home of Emily Sellwood) 19 GRASBY CHURCH 20 CHAPEL HOUSE, TWICKENHAM (Tennyson’s first home after his marriage) 20 ELAINE 21 ALFRED TENNYSON (1867) 22 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A., 1859) 23 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the chalk drawing by M. Arnault) 24 FARRINGFORD (Tennyson’s residence at Freshwater) 25 TENNYSON (about 1871) 26 MERLIN AND VIVIEN 27 FACSIMILE OF TENNYSON’S MANUSCRIPT, “CROSSING THE BAR” 28 GLADE AT FARRINGFORD (from a water-colour drawing by Mrs. Allingham) 29 FRESHWATER 30 FRESHWATER BAY 30 GUINEVERE 31 ALFRED TENNYSON 32 TENNYSON’S LANE, HASLEMERE 33 ALDWORTH (Tennyson’s home near Haslemere) 33 TENNYSON’S MEMORIAL, BEACON HILL, FRESHWATER 34 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A.) 35 TENNYSON It was merely the accident of his hour, the call of his age, which made Tennyson a philosophic poet.

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From this reading RICHARD GARNETT, C.B. ALFRED TENNYSON (from the painting by Samuel Laurence) 5 TENNYSON’S MOTHER 6 BAG ENDERBY CHURCH 6 ALFRED TENNYSON, 1838 7 OLD GRAMMAR SCHOOL, LOUTH 7 ARTHUR H. HALLAM (from the bust by Chantrey) 8 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the medallion by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 9 THE LADY OF SHALOTT 10 THE PALACE OF ART 11 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the bust by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 12 MARIANA IN THE SOUTH 13 STOCKWORTH MILL 14 CLEVEDON CHURCH 14 GERAINT AND EDYRN 15 IN MEMORIAM (“Man dies: nor is there hope in dust”) 16 IN MEMORIAM (“Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky”) 17 LADY TENNYSON 18 HORNCASTLE (the home of Emily Sellwood) 19 GRASBY CHURCH 20 CHAPEL HOUSE, TWICKENHAM (Tennyson’s first home after his marriage) 20 ELAINE 21 ALFRED TENNYSON (1867) 22 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A., 1859) 23 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the chalk drawing by M. Arnault) 24 FARRINGFORD (Tennyson’s residence at Freshwater) 25 TENNYSON (about 1871) 26 MERLIN AND VIVIEN 27 FACSIMILE OF TENNYSON’S MANUSCRIPT, “CROSSING THE BAR” 28 GLADE AT FARRINGFORD (from a water-colour drawing by Mrs. Allingham) 29 FRESHWATER 30 FRESHWATER BAY 30 GUINEVERE 31 ALFRED TENNYSON 32 TENNYSON’S LANE, HASLEMERE 33 ALDWORTH (Tennyson’s home near Haslemere) 33 TENNYSON’S MEMORIAL, BEACON HILL, FRESHWATER 34 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A.) 35 TENNYSON It was merely the accident of his hour, the call of his age, which made Tennyson a philosophic poet.

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From this reading RICHARD GARNETT, C.B. ALFRED TENNYSON (from the painting by Samuel Laurence) 5 TENNYSON’S MOTHER 6 BAG ENDERBY CHURCH 6 ALFRED TENNYSON, 1838 7 OLD GRAMMAR SCHOOL, LOUTH 7 ARTHUR H. HALLAM (from the bust by Chantrey) 8 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the medallion by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 9 THE LADY OF SHALOTT 10 THE PALACE OF ART 11 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the bust by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 12 MARIANA IN THE SOUTH 13 STOCKWORTH MILL 14 CLEVEDON CHURCH 14 GERAINT AND EDYRN 15 IN MEMORIAM (“Man dies: nor is there hope in dust”) 16 IN MEMORIAM (“Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky”) 17 LADY TENNYSON 18 HORNCASTLE (the home of Emily Sellwood) 19 GRASBY CHURCH 20 CHAPEL HOUSE, TWICKENHAM (Tennyson’s first home after his marriage) 20 ELAINE 21 ALFRED TENNYSON (1867) 22 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A., 1859) 23 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the chalk drawing by M. Arnault) 24 FARRINGFORD (Tennyson’s residence at Freshwater) 25 TENNYSON (about 1871) 26 MERLIN AND VIVIEN 27 FACSIMILE OF TENNYSON’S MANUSCRIPT, “CROSSING THE BAR” 28 GLADE AT FARRINGFORD (from a water-colour drawing by Mrs. Allingham) 29 FRESHWATER 30 FRESHWATER BAY 30 GUINEVERE 31 ALFRED TENNYSON 32 TENNYSON’S LANE, HASLEMERE 33 ALDWORTH (Tennyson’s home near Haslemere) 33 TENNYSON’S MEMORIAL, BEACON HILL, FRESHWATER 34 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A.) 35 TENNYSON It was merely the accident of his hour, the call of his age, which made Tennyson a philosophic poet.

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From this reading RICHARD GARNETT, C.B. ALFRED TENNYSON (from the painting by Samuel Laurence) 5 TENNYSON’S MOTHER 6 BAG ENDERBY CHURCH 6 ALFRED TENNYSON, 1838 7 OLD GRAMMAR SCHOOL, LOUTH 7 ARTHUR H. HALLAM (from the bust by Chantrey) 8 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the medallion by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 9 THE LADY OF SHALOTT 10 THE PALACE OF ART 11 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the bust by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 12 MARIANA IN THE SOUTH 13 STOCKWORTH MILL 14 CLEVEDON CHURCH 14 GERAINT AND EDYRN 15 IN MEMORIAM (“Man dies: nor is there hope in dust”) 16 IN MEMORIAM (“Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky”) 17 LADY TENNYSON 18 HORNCASTLE (the home of Emily Sellwood) 19 GRASBY CHURCH 20 CHAPEL HOUSE, TWICKENHAM (Tennyson’s first home after his marriage) 20 ELAINE 21 ALFRED TENNYSON (1867) 22 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A., 1859) 23 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the chalk drawing by M. Arnault) 24 FARRINGFORD (Tennyson’s residence at Freshwater) 25 TENNYSON (about 1871) 26 MERLIN AND VIVIEN 27 FACSIMILE OF TENNYSON’S MANUSCRIPT, “CROSSING THE BAR” 28 GLADE AT FARRINGFORD (from a water-colour drawing by Mrs. Allingham) 29 FRESHWATER 30 FRESHWATER BAY 30 GUINEVERE 31 ALFRED TENNYSON 32 TENNYSON’S LANE, HASLEMERE 33 ALDWORTH (Tennyson’s home near Haslemere) 33 TENNYSON’S MEMORIAL, BEACON HILL, FRESHWATER 34 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A.) 35 TENNYSON It was merely the accident of his hour, the call of his age, which made Tennyson a philosophic poet.

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From this reading RICHARD GARNETT, C.B. ALFRED TENNYSON (from the painting by Samuel Laurence) 5 TENNYSON’S MOTHER 6 BAG ENDERBY CHURCH 6 ALFRED TENNYSON, 1838 7 OLD GRAMMAR SCHOOL, LOUTH 7 ARTHUR H. HALLAM (from the bust by Chantrey) 8 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the medallion by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 9 THE LADY OF SHALOTT 10 THE PALACE OF ART 11 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the bust by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 12 MARIANA IN THE SOUTH 13 STOCKWORTH MILL 14 CLEVEDON CHURCH 14 GERAINT AND EDYRN 15 IN MEMORIAM (“Man dies: nor is there hope in dust”) 16 IN MEMORIAM (“Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky”) 17 LADY TENNYSON 18 HORNCASTLE (the home of Emily Sellwood) 19 GRASBY CHURCH 20 CHAPEL HOUSE, TWICKENHAM (Tennyson’s first home after his marriage) 20 ELAINE 21 ALFRED TENNYSON (1867) 22 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A., 1859) 23 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the chalk drawing by M. Arnault) 24 FARRINGFORD (Tennyson’s residence at Freshwater) 25 TENNYSON (about 1871) 26 MERLIN AND VIVIEN 27 FACSIMILE OF TENNYSON’S MANUSCRIPT, “CROSSING THE BAR” 28 GLADE AT FARRINGFORD (from a water-colour drawing by Mrs. Allingham) 29 FRESHWATER 30 FRESHWATER BAY 30 GUINEVERE 31 ALFRED TENNYSON 32 TENNYSON’S LANE, HASLEMERE 33 ALDWORTH (Tennyson’s home near Haslemere) 33 TENNYSON’S MEMORIAL, BEACON HILL, FRESHWATER 34 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A.) 35 TENNYSON It was merely the accident of his hour, the call of his age, which made Tennyson a philosophic poet.

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From this reading RICHARD GARNETT, C.B. ALFRED TENNYSON (from the painting by Samuel Laurence) 5 TENNYSON’S MOTHER 6 BAG ENDERBY CHURCH 6 ALFRED TENNYSON, 1838 7 OLD GRAMMAR SCHOOL, LOUTH 7 ARTHUR H. HALLAM (from the bust by Chantrey) 8 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the medallion by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 9 THE LADY OF SHALOTT 10 THE PALACE OF ART 11 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the bust by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 12 MARIANA IN THE SOUTH 13 STOCKWORTH MILL 14 CLEVEDON CHURCH 14 GERAINT AND EDYRN 15 IN MEMORIAM (“Man dies: nor is there hope in dust”) 16 IN MEMORIAM (“Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky”) 17 LADY TENNYSON 18 HORNCASTLE (the home of Emily Sellwood) 19 GRASBY CHURCH 20 CHAPEL HOUSE, TWICKENHAM (Tennyson’s first home after his marriage) 20 ELAINE 21 ALFRED TENNYSON (1867) 22 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A., 1859) 23 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the chalk drawing by M. Arnault) 24 FARRINGFORD (Tennyson’s residence at Freshwater) 25 TENNYSON (about 1871) 26 MERLIN AND VIVIEN 27 FACSIMILE OF TENNYSON’S MANUSCRIPT, “CROSSING THE BAR” 28 GLADE AT FARRINGFORD (from a water-colour drawing by Mrs. Allingham) 29 FRESHWATER 30 FRESHWATER BAY 30 GUINEVERE 31 ALFRED TENNYSON 32 TENNYSON’S LANE, HASLEMERE 33 ALDWORTH (Tennyson’s home near Haslemere) 33 TENNYSON’S MEMORIAL, BEACON HILL, FRESHWATER 34 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A.) 35 TENNYSON It was merely the accident of his hour, the call of his age, which made Tennyson a philosophic poet.

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From this reading RICHARD GARNETT, C.B. ALFRED TENNYSON (from the painting by Samuel Laurence) 5 TENNYSON’S MOTHER 6 BAG ENDERBY CHURCH 6 ALFRED TENNYSON, 1838 7 OLD GRAMMAR SCHOOL, LOUTH 7 ARTHUR H. HALLAM (from the bust by Chantrey) 8 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the medallion by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 9 THE LADY OF SHALOTT 10 THE PALACE OF ART 11 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the bust by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 12 MARIANA IN THE SOUTH 13 STOCKWORTH MILL 14 CLEVEDON CHURCH 14 GERAINT AND EDYRN 15 IN MEMORIAM (“Man dies: nor is there hope in dust”) 16 IN MEMORIAM (“Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky”) 17 LADY TENNYSON 18 HORNCASTLE (the home of Emily Sellwood) 19 GRASBY CHURCH 20 CHAPEL HOUSE, TWICKENHAM (Tennyson’s first home after his marriage) 20 ELAINE 21 ALFRED TENNYSON (1867) 22 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A., 1859) 23 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the chalk drawing by M. Arnault) 24 FARRINGFORD (Tennyson’s residence at Freshwater) 25 TENNYSON (about 1871) 26 MERLIN AND VIVIEN 27 FACSIMILE OF TENNYSON’S MANUSCRIPT, “CROSSING THE BAR” 28 GLADE AT FARRINGFORD (from a water-colour drawing by Mrs. Allingham) 29 FRESHWATER 30 FRESHWATER BAY 30 GUINEVERE 31 ALFRED TENNYSON 32 TENNYSON’S LANE, HASLEMERE 33 ALDWORTH (Tennyson’s home near Haslemere) 33 TENNYSON’S MEMORIAL, BEACON HILL, FRESHWATER 34 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A.) 35 TENNYSON It was merely the accident of his hour, the call of his age, which made Tennyson a philosophic poet.

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From this reading RICHARD GARNETT, C.B. ALFRED TENNYSON (from the painting by Samuel Laurence) 5 TENNYSON’S MOTHER 6 BAG ENDERBY CHURCH 6 ALFRED TENNYSON, 1838 7 OLD GRAMMAR SCHOOL, LOUTH 7 ARTHUR H. HALLAM (from the bust by Chantrey) 8 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the medallion by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 9 THE LADY OF SHALOTT 10 THE PALACE OF ART 11 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the bust by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 12 MARIANA IN THE SOUTH 13 STOCKWORTH MILL 14 CLEVEDON CHURCH 14 GERAINT AND EDYRN 15 IN MEMORIAM (“Man dies: nor is there hope in dust”) 16 IN MEMORIAM (“Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky”) 17 LADY TENNYSON 18 HORNCASTLE (the home of Emily Sellwood) 19 GRASBY CHURCH 20 CHAPEL HOUSE, TWICKENHAM (Tennyson’s first home after his marriage) 20 ELAINE 21 ALFRED TENNYSON (1867) 22 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A., 1859) 23 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the chalk drawing by M. Arnault) 24 FARRINGFORD (Tennyson’s residence at Freshwater) 25 TENNYSON (about 1871) 26 MERLIN AND VIVIEN 27 FACSIMILE OF TENNYSON’S MANUSCRIPT, “CROSSING THE BAR” 28 GLADE AT FARRINGFORD (from a water-colour drawing by Mrs. Allingham) 29 FRESHWATER 30 FRESHWATER BAY 30 GUINEVERE 31 ALFRED TENNYSON 32 TENNYSON’S LANE, HASLEMERE 33 ALDWORTH (Tennyson’s home near Haslemere) 33 TENNYSON’S MEMORIAL, BEACON HILL, FRESHWATER 34 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A.) 35 TENNYSON It was merely the accident of his hour, the call of his age, which made Tennyson a philosophic poet.

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From this reading RICHARD GARNETT, C.B. ALFRED TENNYSON (from the painting by Samuel Laurence) 5 TENNYSON’S MOTHER 6 BAG ENDERBY CHURCH 6 ALFRED TENNYSON, 1838 7 OLD GRAMMAR SCHOOL, LOUTH 7 ARTHUR H. HALLAM (from the bust by Chantrey) 8 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the medallion by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 9 THE LADY OF SHALOTT 10 THE PALACE OF ART 11 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the bust by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 12 MARIANA IN THE SOUTH 13 STOCKWORTH MILL 14 CLEVEDON CHURCH 14 GERAINT AND EDYRN 15 IN MEMORIAM (“Man dies: nor is there hope in dust”) 16 IN MEMORIAM (“Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky”) 17 LADY TENNYSON 18 HORNCASTLE (the home of Emily Sellwood) 19 GRASBY CHURCH 20 CHAPEL HOUSE, TWICKENHAM (Tennyson’s first home after his marriage) 20 ELAINE 21 ALFRED TENNYSON (1867) 22 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A., 1859) 23 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the chalk drawing by M. Arnault) 24 FARRINGFORD (Tennyson’s residence at Freshwater) 25 TENNYSON (about 1871) 26 MERLIN AND VIVIEN 27 FACSIMILE OF TENNYSON’S MANUSCRIPT, “CROSSING THE BAR” 28 GLADE AT FARRINGFORD (from a water-colour drawing by Mrs. Allingham) 29 FRESHWATER 30 FRESHWATER BAY 30 GUINEVERE 31 ALFRED TENNYSON 32 TENNYSON’S LANE, HASLEMERE 33 ALDWORTH (Tennyson’s home near Haslemere) 33 TENNYSON’S MEMORIAL, BEACON HILL, FRESHWATER 34 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A.) 35 TENNYSON It was merely the accident of his hour, the call of his age, which made Tennyson a philosophic poet.

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From this reading RICHARD GARNETT, C.B. ALFRED TENNYSON (from the painting by Samuel Laurence) 5 TENNYSON’S MOTHER 6 BAG ENDERBY CHURCH 6 ALFRED TENNYSON, 1838 7 OLD GRAMMAR SCHOOL, LOUTH 7 ARTHUR H. HALLAM (from the bust by Chantrey) 8 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the medallion by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 9 THE LADY OF SHALOTT 10 THE PALACE OF ART 11 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the bust by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 12 MARIANA IN THE SOUTH 13 STOCKWORTH MILL 14 CLEVEDON CHURCH 14 GERAINT AND EDYRN 15 IN MEMORIAM (“Man dies: nor is there hope in dust”) 16 IN MEMORIAM (“Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky”) 17 LADY TENNYSON 18 HORNCASTLE (the home of Emily Sellwood) 19 GRASBY CHURCH 20 CHAPEL HOUSE, TWICKENHAM (Tennyson’s first home after his marriage) 20 ELAINE 21 ALFRED TENNYSON (1867) 22 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A., 1859) 23 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the chalk drawing by M. Arnault) 24 FARRINGFORD (Tennyson’s residence at Freshwater) 25 TENNYSON (about 1871) 26 MERLIN AND VIVIEN 27 FACSIMILE OF TENNYSON’S MANUSCRIPT, “CROSSING THE BAR” 28 GLADE AT FARRINGFORD (from a water-colour drawing by Mrs. Allingham) 29 FRESHWATER 30 FRESHWATER BAY 30 GUINEVERE 31 ALFRED TENNYSON 32 TENNYSON’S LANE, HASLEMERE 33 ALDWORTH (Tennyson’s home near Haslemere) 33 TENNYSON’S MEMORIAL, BEACON HILL, FRESHWATER 34 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A.) 35 TENNYSON It was merely the accident of his hour, the call of his age, which made Tennyson a philosophic poet.

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From this reading RICHARD GARNETT, C.B. ALFRED TENNYSON (from the painting by Samuel Laurence) 5 TENNYSON’S MOTHER 6 BAG ENDERBY CHURCH 6 ALFRED TENNYSON, 1838 7 OLD GRAMMAR SCHOOL, LOUTH 7 ARTHUR H. HALLAM (from the bust by Chantrey) 8 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the medallion by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 9 THE LADY OF SHALOTT 10 THE PALACE OF ART 11 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the bust by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 12 MARIANA IN THE SOUTH 13 STOCKWORTH MILL 14 CLEVEDON CHURCH 14 GERAINT AND EDYRN 15 IN MEMORIAM (“Man dies: nor is there hope in dust”) 16 IN MEMORIAM (“Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky”) 17 LADY TENNYSON 18 HORNCASTLE (the home of Emily Sellwood) 19 GRASBY CHURCH 20 CHAPEL HOUSE, TWICKENHAM (Tennyson’s first home after his marriage) 20 ELAINE 21 ALFRED TENNYSON (1867) 22 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A., 1859) 23 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the chalk drawing by M. Arnault) 24 FARRINGFORD (Tennyson’s residence at Freshwater) 25 TENNYSON (about 1871) 26 MERLIN AND VIVIEN 27 FACSIMILE OF TENNYSON’S MANUSCRIPT, “CROSSING THE BAR” 28 GLADE AT FARRINGFORD (from a water-colour drawing by Mrs. Allingham) 29 FRESHWATER 30 FRESHWATER BAY 30 GUINEVERE 31 ALFRED TENNYSON 32 TENNYSON’S LANE, HASLEMERE 33 ALDWORTH (Tennyson’s home near Haslemere) 33 TENNYSON’S MEMORIAL, BEACON HILL, FRESHWATER 34 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A.) 35 TENNYSON It was merely the accident of his hour, the call of his age, which made Tennyson a philosophic poet.

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From this reading RICHARD GARNETT, C.B. ALFRED TENNYSON (from the painting by Samuel Laurence) 5 TENNYSON’S MOTHER 6 BAG ENDERBY CHURCH 6 ALFRED TENNYSON, 1838 7 OLD GRAMMAR SCHOOL, LOUTH 7 ARTHUR H. HALLAM (from the bust by Chantrey) 8 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the medallion by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 9 THE LADY OF SHALOTT 10 THE PALACE OF ART 11 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the bust by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 12 MARIANA IN THE SOUTH 13 STOCKWORTH MILL 14 CLEVEDON CHURCH 14 GERAINT AND EDYRN 15 IN MEMORIAM (“Man dies: nor is there hope in dust”) 16 IN MEMORIAM (“Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky”) 17 LADY TENNYSON 18 HORNCASTLE (the home of Emily Sellwood) 19 GRASBY CHURCH 20 CHAPEL HOUSE, TWICKENHAM (Tennyson’s first home after his marriage) 20 ELAINE 21 ALFRED TENNYSON (1867) 22 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A., 1859) 23 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the chalk drawing by M. Arnault) 24 FARRINGFORD (Tennyson’s residence at Freshwater) 25 TENNYSON (about 1871) 26 MERLIN AND VIVIEN 27 FACSIMILE OF TENNYSON’S MANUSCRIPT, “CROSSING THE BAR” 28 GLADE AT FARRINGFORD (from a water-colour drawing by Mrs. Allingham) 29 FRESHWATER 30 FRESHWATER BAY 30 GUINEVERE 31 ALFRED TENNYSON 32 TENNYSON’S LANE, HASLEMERE 33 ALDWORTH (Tennyson’s home near Haslemere) 33 TENNYSON’S MEMORIAL, BEACON HILL, FRESHWATER 34 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A.) 35 TENNYSON It was merely the accident of his hour, the call of his age, which made Tennyson a philosophic poet.

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From this reading RICHARD GARNETT, C.B. ALFRED TENNYSON (from the painting by Samuel Laurence) 5 TENNYSON’S MOTHER 6 BAG ENDERBY CHURCH 6 ALFRED TENNYSON, 1838 7 OLD GRAMMAR SCHOOL, LOUTH 7 ARTHUR H. HALLAM (from the bust by Chantrey) 8 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the medallion by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 9 THE LADY OF SHALOTT 10 THE PALACE OF ART 11 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the bust by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 12 MARIANA IN THE SOUTH 13 STOCKWORTH MILL 14 CLEVEDON CHURCH 14 GERAINT AND EDYRN 15 IN MEMORIAM (“Man dies: nor is there hope in dust”) 16 IN MEMORIAM (“Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky”) 17 LADY TENNYSON 18 HORNCASTLE (the home of Emily Sellwood) 19 GRASBY CHURCH 20 CHAPEL HOUSE, TWICKENHAM (Tennyson’s first home after his marriage) 20 ELAINE 21 ALFRED TENNYSON (1867) 22 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A., 1859) 23 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the chalk drawing by M. Arnault) 24 FARRINGFORD (Tennyson’s residence at Freshwater) 25 TENNYSON (about 1871) 26 MERLIN AND VIVIEN 27 FACSIMILE OF TENNYSON’S MANUSCRIPT, “CROSSING THE BAR” 28 GLADE AT FARRINGFORD (from a water-colour drawing by Mrs. Allingham) 29 FRESHWATER 30 FRESHWATER BAY 30 GUINEVERE 31 ALFRED TENNYSON 32 TENNYSON’S LANE, HASLEMERE 33 ALDWORTH (Tennyson’s home near Haslemere) 33 TENNYSON’S MEMORIAL, BEACON HILL, FRESHWATER 34 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A.) 35 TENNYSON It was merely the accident of his hour, the call of his age, which made Tennyson a philosophic poet.

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From this reading RICHARD GARNETT, C.B. ALFRED TENNYSON (from the painting by Samuel Laurence) 5 TENNYSON’S MOTHER 6 BAG ENDERBY CHURCH 6 ALFRED TENNYSON, 1838 7 OLD GRAMMAR SCHOOL, LOUTH 7 ARTHUR H. HALLAM (from the bust by Chantrey) 8 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the medallion by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 9 THE LADY OF SHALOTT 10 THE PALACE OF ART 11 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the bust by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 12 MARIANA IN THE SOUTH 13 STOCKWORTH MILL 14 CLEVEDON CHURCH 14 GERAINT AND EDYRN 15 IN MEMORIAM (“Man dies: nor is there hope in dust”) 16 IN MEMORIAM (“Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky”) 17 LADY TENNYSON 18 HORNCASTLE (the home of Emily Sellwood) 19 GRASBY CHURCH 20 CHAPEL HOUSE, TWICKENHAM (Tennyson’s first home after his marriage) 20 ELAINE 21 ALFRED TENNYSON (1867) 22 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A., 1859) 23 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the chalk drawing by M. Arnault) 24 FARRINGFORD (Tennyson’s residence at Freshwater) 25 TENNYSON (about 1871) 26 MERLIN AND VIVIEN 27 FACSIMILE OF TENNYSON’S MANUSCRIPT, “CROSSING THE BAR” 28 GLADE AT FARRINGFORD (from a water-colour drawing by Mrs. Allingham) 29 FRESHWATER 30 FRESHWATER BAY 30 GUINEVERE 31 ALFRED TENNYSON 32 TENNYSON’S LANE, HASLEMERE 33 ALDWORTH (Tennyson’s home near Haslemere) 33 TENNYSON’S MEMORIAL, BEACON HILL, FRESHWATER 34 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A.) 35 TENNYSON It was merely the accident of his hour, the call of his age, which made Tennyson a philosophic poet.

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From this reading RICHARD GARNETT, C.B. ALFRED TENNYSON (from the painting by Samuel Laurence) 5 TENNYSON’S MOTHER 6 BAG ENDERBY CHURCH 6 ALFRED TENNYSON, 1838 7 OLD GRAMMAR SCHOOL, LOUTH 7 ARTHUR H. HALLAM (from the bust by Chantrey) 8 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the medallion by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 9 THE LADY OF SHALOTT 10 THE PALACE OF ART 11 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the bust by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 12 MARIANA IN THE SOUTH 13 STOCKWORTH MILL 14 CLEVEDON CHURCH 14 GERAINT AND EDYRN 15 IN MEMORIAM (“Man dies: nor is there hope in dust”) 16 IN MEMORIAM (“Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky”) 17 LADY TENNYSON 18 HORNCASTLE (the home of Emily Sellwood) 19 GRASBY CHURCH 20 CHAPEL HOUSE, TWICKENHAM (Tennyson’s first home after his marriage) 20 ELAINE 21 ALFRED TENNYSON (1867) 22 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A., 1859) 23 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the chalk drawing by M. Arnault) 24 FARRINGFORD (Tennyson’s residence at Freshwater) 25 TENNYSON (about 1871) 26 MERLIN AND VIVIEN 27 FACSIMILE OF TENNYSON’S MANUSCRIPT, “CROSSING THE BAR” 28 GLADE AT FARRINGFORD (from a water-colour drawing by Mrs. Allingham) 29 FRESHWATER 30 FRESHWATER BAY 30 GUINEVERE 31 ALFRED TENNYSON 32 TENNYSON’S LANE, HASLEMERE 33 ALDWORTH (Tennyson’s home near Haslemere) 33 TENNYSON’S MEMORIAL, BEACON HILL, FRESHWATER 34 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A.) 35 TENNYSON It was merely the accident of his hour, the call of his age, which made Tennyson a philosophic poet.

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From this reading RICHARD GARNETT, C.B. ALFRED TENNYSON (from the painting by Samuel Laurence) 5 TENNYSON’S MOTHER 6 BAG ENDERBY CHURCH 6 ALFRED TENNYSON, 1838 7 OLD GRAMMAR SCHOOL, LOUTH 7 ARTHUR H. HALLAM (from the bust by Chantrey) 8 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the medallion by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 9 THE LADY OF SHALOTT 10 THE PALACE OF ART 11 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the bust by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 12 MARIANA IN THE SOUTH 13 STOCKWORTH MILL 14 CLEVEDON CHURCH 14 GERAINT AND EDYRN 15 IN MEMORIAM (“Man dies: nor is there hope in dust”) 16 IN MEMORIAM (“Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky”) 17 LADY TENNYSON 18 HORNCASTLE (the home of Emily Sellwood) 19 GRASBY CHURCH 20 CHAPEL HOUSE, TWICKENHAM (Tennyson’s first home after his marriage) 20 ELAINE 21 ALFRED TENNYSON (1867) 22 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A., 1859) 23 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the chalk drawing by M. Arnault) 24 FARRINGFORD (Tennyson’s residence at Freshwater) 25 TENNYSON (about 1871) 26 MERLIN AND VIVIEN 27 FACSIMILE OF TENNYSON’S MANUSCRIPT, “CROSSING THE BAR” 28 GLADE AT FARRINGFORD (from a water-colour drawing by Mrs. Allingham) 29 FRESHWATER 30 FRESHWATER BAY 30 GUINEVERE 31 ALFRED TENNYSON 32 TENNYSON’S LANE, HASLEMERE 33 ALDWORTH (Tennyson’s home near Haslemere) 33 TENNYSON’S MEMORIAL, BEACON HILL, FRESHWATER 34 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A.) 35 TENNYSON It was merely the accident of his hour, the call of his age, which made Tennyson a philosophic poet.

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From this reading RICHARD GARNETT, C.B. ALFRED TENNYSON (from the painting by Samuel Laurence) 5 TENNYSON’S MOTHER 6 BAG ENDERBY CHURCH 6 ALFRED TENNYSON, 1838 7 OLD GRAMMAR SCHOOL, LOUTH 7 ARTHUR H. HALLAM (from the bust by Chantrey) 8 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the medallion by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 9 THE LADY OF SHALOTT 10 THE PALACE OF ART 11 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the bust by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 12 MARIANA IN THE SOUTH 13 STOCKWORTH MILL 14 CLEVEDON CHURCH 14 GERAINT AND EDYRN 15 IN MEMORIAM (“Man dies: nor is there hope in dust”) 16 IN MEMORIAM (“Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky”) 17 LADY TENNYSON 18 HORNCASTLE (the home of Emily Sellwood) 19 GRASBY CHURCH 20 CHAPEL HOUSE, TWICKENHAM (Tennyson’s first home after his marriage) 20 ELAINE 21 ALFRED TENNYSON (1867) 22 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A., 1859) 23 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the chalk drawing by M. Arnault) 24 FARRINGFORD (Tennyson’s residence at Freshwater) 25 TENNYSON (about 1871) 26 MERLIN AND VIVIEN 27 FACSIMILE OF TENNYSON’S MANUSCRIPT, “CROSSING THE BAR” 28 GLADE AT FARRINGFORD (from a water-colour drawing by Mrs. Allingham) 29 FRESHWATER 30 FRESHWATER BAY 30 GUINEVERE 31 ALFRED TENNYSON 32 TENNYSON’S LANE, HASLEMERE 33 ALDWORTH (Tennyson’s home near Haslemere) 33 TENNYSON’S MEMORIAL, BEACON HILL, FRESHWATER 34 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A.) 35 TENNYSON It was merely the accident of his hour, the call of his age, which made Tennyson a philosophic poet.

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From this reading RICHARD GARNETT, C.B. ALFRED TENNYSON (from the painting by Samuel Laurence) 5 TENNYSON’S MOTHER 6 BAG ENDERBY CHURCH 6 ALFRED TENNYSON, 1838 7 OLD GRAMMAR SCHOOL, LOUTH 7 ARTHUR H. HALLAM (from the bust by Chantrey) 8 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the medallion by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 9 THE LADY OF SHALOTT 10 THE PALACE OF ART 11 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the bust by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 12 MARIANA IN THE SOUTH 13 STOCKWORTH MILL 14 CLEVEDON CHURCH 14 GERAINT AND EDYRN 15 IN MEMORIAM (“Man dies: nor is there hope in dust”) 16 IN MEMORIAM (“Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky”) 17 LADY TENNYSON 18 HORNCASTLE (the home of Emily Sellwood) 19 GRASBY CHURCH 20 CHAPEL HOUSE, TWICKENHAM (Tennyson’s first home after his marriage) 20 ELAINE 21 ALFRED TENNYSON (1867) 22 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A., 1859) 23 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the chalk drawing by M. Arnault) 24 FARRINGFORD (Tennyson’s residence at Freshwater) 25 TENNYSON (about 1871) 26 MERLIN AND VIVIEN 27 FACSIMILE OF TENNYSON’S MANUSCRIPT, “CROSSING THE BAR” 28 GLADE AT FARRINGFORD (from a water-colour drawing by Mrs. Allingham) 29 FRESHWATER 30 FRESHWATER BAY 30 GUINEVERE 31 ALFRED TENNYSON 32 TENNYSON’S LANE, HASLEMERE 33 ALDWORTH (Tennyson’s home near Haslemere) 33 TENNYSON’S MEMORIAL, BEACON HILL, FRESHWATER 34 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A.) 35 TENNYSON It was merely the accident of his hour, the call of his age, which made Tennyson a philosophic poet.

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From this reading RICHARD GARNETT, C.B. ALFRED TENNYSON (from the painting by Samuel Laurence) 5 TENNYSON’S MOTHER 6 BAG ENDERBY CHURCH 6 ALFRED TENNYSON, 1838 7 OLD GRAMMAR SCHOOL, LOUTH 7 ARTHUR H. HALLAM (from the bust by Chantrey) 8 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the medallion by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 9 THE LADY OF SHALOTT 10 THE PALACE OF ART 11 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the bust by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 12 MARIANA IN THE SOUTH 13 STOCKWORTH MILL 14 CLEVEDON CHURCH 14 GERAINT AND EDYRN 15 IN MEMORIAM (“Man dies: nor is there hope in dust”) 16 IN MEMORIAM (“Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky”) 17 LADY TENNYSON 18 HORNCASTLE (the home of Emily Sellwood) 19 GRASBY CHURCH 20 CHAPEL HOUSE, TWICKENHAM (Tennyson’s first home after his marriage) 20 ELAINE 21 ALFRED TENNYSON (1867) 22 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A., 1859) 23 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the chalk drawing by M. Arnault) 24 FARRINGFORD (Tennyson’s residence at Freshwater) 25 TENNYSON (about 1871) 26 MERLIN AND VIVIEN 27 FACSIMILE OF TENNYSON’S MANUSCRIPT, “CROSSING THE BAR” 28 GLADE AT FARRINGFORD (from a water-colour drawing by Mrs. Allingham) 29 FRESHWATER 30 FRESHWATER BAY 30 GUINEVERE 31 ALFRED TENNYSON 32 TENNYSON’S LANE, HASLEMERE 33 ALDWORTH (Tennyson’s home near Haslemere) 33 TENNYSON’S MEMORIAL, BEACON HILL, FRESHWATER 34 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A.) 35 TENNYSON It was merely the accident of his hour, the call of his age, which made Tennyson a philosophic poet.

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From this reading RICHARD GARNETT, C.B. ALFRED TENNYSON (from the painting by Samuel Laurence) 5 TENNYSON’S MOTHER 6 BAG ENDERBY CHURCH 6 ALFRED TENNYSON, 1838 7 OLD GRAMMAR SCHOOL, LOUTH 7 ARTHUR H. HALLAM (from the bust by Chantrey) 8 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the medallion by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 9 THE LADY OF SHALOTT 10 THE PALACE OF ART 11 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the bust by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 12 MARIANA IN THE SOUTH 13 STOCKWORTH MILL 14 CLEVEDON CHURCH 14 GERAINT AND EDYRN 15 IN MEMORIAM (“Man dies: nor is there hope in dust”) 16 IN MEMORIAM (“Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky”) 17 LADY TENNYSON 18 HORNCASTLE (the home of Emily Sellwood) 19 GRASBY CHURCH 20 CHAPEL HOUSE, TWICKENHAM (Tennyson’s first home after his marriage) 20 ELAINE 21 ALFRED TENNYSON (1867) 22 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A., 1859) 23 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the chalk drawing by M. Arnault) 24 FARRINGFORD (Tennyson’s residence at Freshwater) 25 TENNYSON (about 1871) 26 MERLIN AND VIVIEN 27 FACSIMILE OF TENNYSON’S MANUSCRIPT, “CROSSING THE BAR” 28 GLADE AT FARRINGFORD (from a water-colour drawing by Mrs. Allingham) 29 FRESHWATER 30 FRESHWATER BAY 30 GUINEVERE 31 ALFRED TENNYSON 32 TENNYSON’S LANE, HASLEMERE 33 ALDWORTH (Tennyson’s home near Haslemere) 33 TENNYSON’S MEMORIAL, BEACON HILL, FRESHWATER 34 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A.) 35 TENNYSON It was merely the accident of his hour, the call of his age, which made Tennyson a philosophic poet.

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From this reading RICHARD GARNETT, C.B. ALFRED TENNYSON (from the painting by Samuel Laurence) 5 TENNYSON’S MOTHER 6 BAG ENDERBY CHURCH 6 ALFRED TENNYSON, 1838 7 OLD GRAMMAR SCHOOL, LOUTH 7 ARTHUR H. HALLAM (from the bust by Chantrey) 8 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the medallion by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 9 THE LADY OF SHALOTT 10 THE PALACE OF ART 11 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the bust by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 12 MARIANA IN THE SOUTH 13 STOCKWORTH MILL 14 CLEVEDON CHURCH 14 GERAINT AND EDYRN 15 IN MEMORIAM (“Man dies: nor is there hope in dust”) 16 IN MEMORIAM (“Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky”) 17 LADY TENNYSON 18 HORNCASTLE (the home of Emily Sellwood) 19 GRASBY CHURCH 20 CHAPEL HOUSE, TWICKENHAM (Tennyson’s first home after his marriage) 20 ELAINE 21 ALFRED TENNYSON (1867) 22 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A., 1859) 23 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the chalk drawing by M. Arnault) 24 FARRINGFORD (Tennyson’s residence at Freshwater) 25 TENNYSON (about 1871) 26 MERLIN AND VIVIEN 27 FACSIMILE OF TENNYSON’S MANUSCRIPT, “CROSSING THE BAR” 28 GLADE AT FARRINGFORD (from a water-colour drawing by Mrs. Allingham) 29 FRESHWATER 30 FRESHWATER BAY 30 GUINEVERE 31 ALFRED TENNYSON 32 TENNYSON’S LANE, HASLEMERE 33 ALDWORTH (Tennyson’s home near Haslemere) 33 TENNYSON’S MEMORIAL, BEACON HILL, FRESHWATER 34 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A.) 35 TENNYSON It was merely the accident of his hour, the call of his age, which made Tennyson a philosophic poet.

AdeterminerUS /ə/

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading RICHARD GARNETT, C.B. ALFRED TENNYSON (from the painting by Samuel Laurence) 5 TENNYSON’S MOTHER 6 BAG ENDERBY CHURCH 6 ALFRED TENNYSON, 1838 7 OLD GRAMMAR SCHOOL, LOUTH 7 ARTHUR H. HALLAM (from the bust by Chantrey) 8 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the medallion by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 9 THE LADY OF SHALOTT 10 THE PALACE OF ART 11 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the bust by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 12 MARIANA IN THE SOUTH 13 STOCKWORTH MILL 14 CLEVEDON CHURCH 14 GERAINT AND EDYRN 15 IN MEMORIAM (“Man dies: nor is there hope in dust”) 16 IN MEMORIAM (“Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky”) 17 LADY TENNYSON 18 HORNCASTLE (the home of Emily Sellwood) 19 GRASBY CHURCH 20 CHAPEL HOUSE, TWICKENHAM (Tennyson’s first home after his marriage) 20 ELAINE 21 ALFRED TENNYSON (1867) 22 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A., 1859) 23 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the chalk drawing by M. Arnault) 24 FARRINGFORD (Tennyson’s residence at Freshwater) 25 TENNYSON (about 1871) 26 MERLIN AND VIVIEN 27 FACSIMILE OF TENNYSON’S MANUSCRIPT, “CROSSING THE BAR” 28 GLADE AT FARRINGFORD (from a water-colour drawing by Mrs. Allingham) 29 FRESHWATER 30 FRESHWATER BAY 30 GUINEVERE 31 ALFRED TENNYSON 32 TENNYSON’S LANE, HASLEMERE 33 ALDWORTH (Tennyson’s home near Haslemere) 33 TENNYSON’S MEMORIAL, BEACON HILL, FRESHWATER 34 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A.) 35 TENNYSON It was merely the accident of his hour, the call of his age, which made Tennyson a philosophic poet.

aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/

on the subject of; concerning

From this reading RICHARD GARNETT, C.B. ALFRED TENNYSON (from the painting by Samuel Laurence) 5 TENNYSON’S MOTHER 6 BAG ENDERBY CHURCH 6 ALFRED TENNYSON, 1838 7 OLD GRAMMAR SCHOOL, LOUTH 7 ARTHUR H. HALLAM (from the bust by Chantrey) 8 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the medallion by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 9 THE LADY OF SHALOTT 10 THE PALACE OF ART 11 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the bust by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 12 MARIANA IN THE SOUTH 13 STOCKWORTH MILL 14 CLEVEDON CHURCH 14 GERAINT AND EDYRN 15 IN MEMORIAM (“Man dies: nor is there hope in dust”) 16 IN MEMORIAM (“Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky”) 17 LADY TENNYSON 18 HORNCASTLE (the home of Emily Sellwood) 19 GRASBY CHURCH 20 CHAPEL HOUSE, TWICKENHAM (Tennyson’s first home after his marriage) 20 ELAINE 21 ALFRED TENNYSON (1867) 22 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A., 1859) 23 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the chalk drawing by M. Arnault) 24 FARRINGFORD (Tennyson’s residence at Freshwater) 25 TENNYSON (about 1871) 26 MERLIN AND VIVIEN 27 FACSIMILE OF TENNYSON’S MANUSCRIPT, “CROSSING THE BAR” 28 GLADE AT FARRINGFORD (from a water-colour drawing by Mrs. Allingham) 29 FRESHWATER 30 FRESHWATER BAY 30 GUINEVERE 31 ALFRED TENNYSON 32 TENNYSON’S LANE, HASLEMERE 33 ALDWORTH (Tennyson’s home near Haslemere) 33 TENNYSON’S MEMORIAL, BEACON HILL, FRESHWATER 34 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A.) 35 TENNYSON It was merely the accident of his hour, the call of his age, which made Tennyson a philosophic poet.

AboveprepositionUS /əˈbʌv/

higher than, or over, something

From this reading Above all, he exhibited his abstract love of the beautiful in one most personal and characteristic fact.

abstractverbUS /æbˈstrækt/

consider a concept without thinking of a specific example; consider abstractly or theoretically

From this reading Above all, he exhibited his abstract love of the beautiful in one most personal and characteristic fact.

accidentnounUS /ˈæksədənt/

an unfortunate mishap; especially one causing damage or injury

From this reading RICHARD GARNETT, C.B. ALFRED TENNYSON (from the painting by Samuel Laurence) 5 TENNYSON’S MOTHER 6 BAG ENDERBY CHURCH 6 ALFRED TENNYSON, 1838 7 OLD GRAMMAR SCHOOL, LOUTH 7 ARTHUR H. HALLAM (from the bust by Chantrey) 8 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the medallion by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 9 THE LADY OF SHALOTT 10 THE PALACE OF ART 11 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the bust by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 12 MARIANA IN THE SOUTH 13 STOCKWORTH MILL 14 CLEVEDON CHURCH 14 GERAINT AND EDYRN 15 IN MEMORIAM (“Man dies: nor is there hope in dust”) 16 IN MEMORIAM (“Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky”) 17 LADY TENNYSON 18 HORNCASTLE (the home of Emily Sellwood) 19 GRASBY CHURCH 20 CHAPEL HOUSE, TWICKENHAM (Tennyson’s first home after his marriage) 20 ELAINE 21 ALFRED TENNYSON (1867) 22 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A., 1859) 23 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the chalk drawing by M. Arnault) 24 FARRINGFORD (Tennyson’s residence at Freshwater) 25 TENNYSON (about 1871) 26 MERLIN AND VIVIEN 27 FACSIMILE OF TENNYSON’S MANUSCRIPT, “CROSSING THE BAR” 28 GLADE AT FARRINGFORD (from a water-colour drawing by Mrs. Allingham) 29 FRESHWATER 30 FRESHWATER BAY 30 GUINEVERE 31 ALFRED TENNYSON 32 TENNYSON’S LANE, HASLEMERE 33 ALDWORTH (Tennyson’s home near Haslemere) 33 TENNYSON’S MEMORIAL, BEACON HILL, FRESHWATER 34 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A.) 35 TENNYSON It was merely the accident of his hour, the call of his age, which made Tennyson a philosophic poet.

afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/

later than; following

From this reading RICHARD GARNETT, C.B. ALFRED TENNYSON (from the painting by Samuel Laurence) 5 TENNYSON’S MOTHER 6 BAG ENDERBY CHURCH 6 ALFRED TENNYSON, 1838 7 OLD GRAMMAR SCHOOL, LOUTH 7 ARTHUR H. HALLAM (from the bust by Chantrey) 8 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the medallion by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 9 THE LADY OF SHALOTT 10 THE PALACE OF ART 11 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the bust by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 12 MARIANA IN THE SOUTH 13 STOCKWORTH MILL 14 CLEVEDON CHURCH 14 GERAINT AND EDYRN 15 IN MEMORIAM (“Man dies: nor is there hope in dust”) 16 IN MEMORIAM (“Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky”) 17 LADY TENNYSON 18 HORNCASTLE (the home of Emily Sellwood) 19 GRASBY CHURCH 20 CHAPEL HOUSE, TWICKENHAM (Tennyson’s first home after his marriage) 20 ELAINE 21 ALFRED TENNYSON (1867) 22 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A., 1859) 23 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the chalk drawing by M. Arnault) 24 FARRINGFORD (Tennyson’s residence at Freshwater) 25 TENNYSON (about 1871) 26 MERLIN AND VIVIEN 27 FACSIMILE OF TENNYSON’S MANUSCRIPT, “CROSSING THE BAR” 28 GLADE AT FARRINGFORD (from a water-colour drawing by Mrs. Allingham) 29 FRESHWATER 30 FRESHWATER BAY 30 GUINEVERE 31 ALFRED TENNYSON 32 TENNYSON’S LANE, HASLEMERE 33 ALDWORTH (Tennyson’s home near Haslemere) 33 TENNYSON’S MEMORIAL, BEACON HILL, FRESHWATER 34 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A.) 35 TENNYSON It was merely the accident of his hour, the call of his age, which made Tennyson a philosophic poet.

agenounUS /eɪdʒ/

how long something has existed

From this reading RICHARD GARNETT, C.B. ALFRED TENNYSON (from the painting by Samuel Laurence) 5 TENNYSON’S MOTHER 6 BAG ENDERBY CHURCH 6 ALFRED TENNYSON, 1838 7 OLD GRAMMAR SCHOOL, LOUTH 7 ARTHUR H. HALLAM (from the bust by Chantrey) 8 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the medallion by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 9 THE LADY OF SHALOTT 10 THE PALACE OF ART 11 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the bust by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 12 MARIANA IN THE SOUTH 13 STOCKWORTH MILL 14 CLEVEDON CHURCH 14 GERAINT AND EDYRN 15 IN MEMORIAM (“Man dies: nor is there hope in dust”) 16 IN MEMORIAM (“Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky”) 17 LADY TENNYSON 18 HORNCASTLE (the home of Emily Sellwood) 19 GRASBY CHURCH 20 CHAPEL HOUSE, TWICKENHAM (Tennyson’s first home after his marriage) 20 ELAINE 21 ALFRED TENNYSON (1867) 22 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A., 1859) 23 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the chalk drawing by M. Arnault) 24 FARRINGFORD (Tennyson’s residence at Freshwater) 25 TENNYSON (about 1871) 26 MERLIN AND VIVIEN 27 FACSIMILE OF TENNYSON’S MANUSCRIPT, “CROSSING THE BAR” 28 GLADE AT FARRINGFORD (from a water-colour drawing by Mrs. Allingham) 29 FRESHWATER 30 FRESHWATER BAY 30 GUINEVERE 31 ALFRED TENNYSON 32 TENNYSON’S LANE, HASLEMERE 33 ALDWORTH (Tennyson’s home near Haslemere) 33 TENNYSON’S MEMORIAL, BEACON HILL, FRESHWATER 34 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A.) 35 TENNYSON It was merely the accident of his hour, the call of his age, which made Tennyson a philosophic poet.

ALDWORTH

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From this reading RICHARD GARNETT, C.B. ALFRED TENNYSON (from the painting by Samuel Laurence) 5 TENNYSON’S MOTHER 6 BAG ENDERBY CHURCH 6 ALFRED TENNYSON, 1838 7 OLD GRAMMAR SCHOOL, LOUTH 7 ARTHUR H. HALLAM (from the bust by Chantrey) 8 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the medallion by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 9 THE LADY OF SHALOTT 10 THE PALACE OF ART 11 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the bust by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 12 MARIANA IN THE SOUTH 13 STOCKWORTH MILL 14 CLEVEDON CHURCH 14 GERAINT AND EDYRN 15 IN MEMORIAM (“Man dies: nor is there hope in dust”) 16 IN MEMORIAM (“Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky”) 17 LADY TENNYSON 18 HORNCASTLE (the home of Emily Sellwood) 19 GRASBY CHURCH 20 CHAPEL HOUSE, TWICKENHAM (Tennyson’s first home after his marriage) 20 ELAINE 21 ALFRED TENNYSON (1867) 22 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A., 1859) 23 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the chalk drawing by M. Arnault) 24 FARRINGFORD (Tennyson’s residence at Freshwater) 25 TENNYSON (about 1871) 26 MERLIN AND VIVIEN 27 FACSIMILE OF TENNYSON’S MANUSCRIPT, “CROSSING THE BAR” 28 GLADE AT FARRINGFORD (from a water-colour drawing by Mrs. Allingham) 29 FRESHWATER 30 FRESHWATER BAY 30 GUINEVERE 31 ALFRED TENNYSON 32 TENNYSON’S LANE, HASLEMERE 33 ALDWORTH (Tennyson’s home near Haslemere) 33 TENNYSON’S MEMORIAL, BEACON HILL, FRESHWATER 34 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A.) 35 TENNYSON It was merely the accident of his hour, the call of his age, which made Tennyson a philosophic poet.

ALFREDnounUS /ˈælfrəd/

king of Wessex; defeated the Vikings and encouraged writing in English (849-899)

From this reading RICHARD GARNETT, C.B. ALFRED TENNYSON (from the painting by Samuel Laurence) 5 TENNYSON’S MOTHER 6 BAG ENDERBY CHURCH 6 ALFRED TENNYSON, 1838 7 OLD GRAMMAR SCHOOL, LOUTH 7 ARTHUR H. HALLAM (from the bust by Chantrey) 8 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the medallion by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 9 THE LADY OF SHALOTT 10 THE PALACE OF ART 11 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the bust by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 12 MARIANA IN THE SOUTH 13 STOCKWORTH MILL 14 CLEVEDON CHURCH 14 GERAINT AND EDYRN 15 IN MEMORIAM (“Man dies: nor is there hope in dust”) 16 IN MEMORIAM (“Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky”) 17 LADY TENNYSON 18 HORNCASTLE (the home of Emily Sellwood) 19 GRASBY CHURCH 20 CHAPEL HOUSE, TWICKENHAM (Tennyson’s first home after his marriage) 20 ELAINE 21 ALFRED TENNYSON (1867) 22 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A., 1859) 23 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the chalk drawing by M. Arnault) 24 FARRINGFORD (Tennyson’s residence at Freshwater) 25 TENNYSON (about 1871) 26 MERLIN AND VIVIEN 27 FACSIMILE OF TENNYSON’S MANUSCRIPT, “CROSSING THE BAR” 28 GLADE AT FARRINGFORD (from a water-colour drawing by Mrs. Allingham) 29 FRESHWATER 30 FRESHWATER BAY 30 GUINEVERE 31 ALFRED TENNYSON 32 TENNYSON’S LANE, HASLEMERE 33 ALDWORTH (Tennyson’s home near Haslemere) 33 TENNYSON’S MEMORIAL, BEACON HILL, FRESHWATER 34 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A.) 35 TENNYSON It was merely the accident of his hour, the call of his age, which made Tennyson a philosophic poet.

alladjectiveUS /ɔːl/

(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class

From this reading Above all, he exhibited his abstract love of the beautiful in one most personal and characteristic fact.

Allingham

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From this reading RICHARD GARNETT, C.B. ALFRED TENNYSON (from the painting by Samuel Laurence) 5 TENNYSON’S MOTHER 6 BAG ENDERBY CHURCH 6 ALFRED TENNYSON, 1838 7 OLD GRAMMAR SCHOOL, LOUTH 7 ARTHUR H. HALLAM (from the bust by Chantrey) 8 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the medallion by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 9 THE LADY OF SHALOTT 10 THE PALACE OF ART 11 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the bust by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 12 MARIANA IN THE SOUTH 13 STOCKWORTH MILL 14 CLEVEDON CHURCH 14 GERAINT AND EDYRN 15 IN MEMORIAM (“Man dies: nor is there hope in dust”) 16 IN MEMORIAM (“Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky”) 17 LADY TENNYSON 18 HORNCASTLE (the home of Emily Sellwood) 19 GRASBY CHURCH 20 CHAPEL HOUSE, TWICKENHAM (Tennyson’s first home after his marriage) 20 ELAINE 21 ALFRED TENNYSON (1867) 22 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A., 1859) 23 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the chalk drawing by M. Arnault) 24 FARRINGFORD (Tennyson’s residence at Freshwater) 25 TENNYSON (about 1871) 26 MERLIN AND VIVIEN 27 FACSIMILE OF TENNYSON’S MANUSCRIPT, “CROSSING THE BAR” 28 GLADE AT FARRINGFORD (from a water-colour drawing by Mrs. Allingham) 29 FRESHWATER 30 FRESHWATER BAY 30 GUINEVERE 31 ALFRED TENNYSON 32 TENNYSON’S LANE, HASLEMERE 33 ALDWORTH (Tennyson’s home near Haslemere) 33 TENNYSON’S MEMORIAL, BEACON HILL, FRESHWATER 34 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A.) 35 TENNYSON It was merely the accident of his hour, the call of his age, which made Tennyson a philosophic poet.

ANDconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading RICHARD GARNETT, C.B. ALFRED TENNYSON (from the painting by Samuel Laurence) 5 TENNYSON’S MOTHER 6 BAG ENDERBY CHURCH 6 ALFRED TENNYSON, 1838 7 OLD GRAMMAR SCHOOL, LOUTH 7 ARTHUR H. HALLAM (from the bust by Chantrey) 8 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the medallion by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 9 THE LADY OF SHALOTT 10 THE PALACE OF ART 11 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the bust by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 12 MARIANA IN THE SOUTH 13 STOCKWORTH MILL 14 CLEVEDON CHURCH 14 GERAINT AND EDYRN 15 IN MEMORIAM (“Man dies: nor is there hope in dust”) 16 IN MEMORIAM (“Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky”) 17 LADY TENNYSON 18 HORNCASTLE (the home of Emily Sellwood) 19 GRASBY CHURCH 20 CHAPEL HOUSE, TWICKENHAM (Tennyson’s first home after his marriage) 20 ELAINE 21 ALFRED TENNYSON (1867) 22 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A., 1859) 23 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the chalk drawing by M. Arnault) 24 FARRINGFORD (Tennyson’s residence at Freshwater) 25 TENNYSON (about 1871) 26 MERLIN AND VIVIEN 27 FACSIMILE OF TENNYSON’S MANUSCRIPT, “CROSSING THE BAR” 28 GLADE AT FARRINGFORD (from a water-colour drawing by Mrs. Allingham) 29 FRESHWATER 30 FRESHWATER BAY 30 GUINEVERE 31 ALFRED TENNYSON 32 TENNYSON’S LANE, HASLEMERE 33 ALDWORTH (Tennyson’s home near Haslemere) 33 TENNYSON’S MEMORIAL, BEACON HILL, FRESHWATER 34 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A.) 35 TENNYSON It was merely the accident of his hour, the call of his age, which made Tennyson a philosophic poet.

Arnault

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From this reading RICHARD GARNETT, C.B. ALFRED TENNYSON (from the painting by Samuel Laurence) 5 TENNYSON’S MOTHER 6 BAG ENDERBY CHURCH 6 ALFRED TENNYSON, 1838 7 OLD GRAMMAR SCHOOL, LOUTH 7 ARTHUR H. HALLAM (from the bust by Chantrey) 8 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the medallion by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 9 THE LADY OF SHALOTT 10 THE PALACE OF ART 11 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the bust by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 12 MARIANA IN THE SOUTH 13 STOCKWORTH MILL 14 CLEVEDON CHURCH 14 GERAINT AND EDYRN 15 IN MEMORIAM (“Man dies: nor is there hope in dust”) 16 IN MEMORIAM (“Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky”) 17 LADY TENNYSON 18 HORNCASTLE (the home of Emily Sellwood) 19 GRASBY CHURCH 20 CHAPEL HOUSE, TWICKENHAM (Tennyson’s first home after his marriage) 20 ELAINE 21 ALFRED TENNYSON (1867) 22 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A., 1859) 23 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the chalk drawing by M. Arnault) 24 FARRINGFORD (Tennyson’s residence at Freshwater) 25 TENNYSON (about 1871) 26 MERLIN AND VIVIEN 27 FACSIMILE OF TENNYSON’S MANUSCRIPT, “CROSSING THE BAR” 28 GLADE AT FARRINGFORD (from a water-colour drawing by Mrs. Allingham) 29 FRESHWATER 30 FRESHWATER BAY 30 GUINEVERE 31 ALFRED TENNYSON 32 TENNYSON’S LANE, HASLEMERE 33 ALDWORTH (Tennyson’s home near Haslemere) 33 TENNYSON’S MEMORIAL, BEACON HILL, FRESHWATER 34 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A.) 35 TENNYSON It was merely the accident of his hour, the call of his age, which made Tennyson a philosophic poet.

ARTauxiliary verbUS /ɑːrt/

an old form of “are”, used with “thou”

From this reading RICHARD GARNETT, C.B. ALFRED TENNYSON (from the painting by Samuel Laurence) 5 TENNYSON’S MOTHER 6 BAG ENDERBY CHURCH 6 ALFRED TENNYSON, 1838 7 OLD GRAMMAR SCHOOL, LOUTH 7 ARTHUR H. HALLAM (from the bust by Chantrey) 8 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the medallion by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 9 THE LADY OF SHALOTT 10 THE PALACE OF ART 11 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the bust by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 12 MARIANA IN THE SOUTH 13 STOCKWORTH MILL 14 CLEVEDON CHURCH 14 GERAINT AND EDYRN 15 IN MEMORIAM (“Man dies: nor is there hope in dust”) 16 IN MEMORIAM (“Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky”) 17 LADY TENNYSON 18 HORNCASTLE (the home of Emily Sellwood) 19 GRASBY CHURCH 20 CHAPEL HOUSE, TWICKENHAM (Tennyson’s first home after his marriage) 20 ELAINE 21 ALFRED TENNYSON (1867) 22 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A., 1859) 23 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the chalk drawing by M. Arnault) 24 FARRINGFORD (Tennyson’s residence at Freshwater) 25 TENNYSON (about 1871) 26 MERLIN AND VIVIEN 27 FACSIMILE OF TENNYSON’S MANUSCRIPT, “CROSSING THE BAR” 28 GLADE AT FARRINGFORD (from a water-colour drawing by Mrs. Allingham) 29 FRESHWATER 30 FRESHWATER BAY 30 GUINEVERE 31 ALFRED TENNYSON 32 TENNYSON’S LANE, HASLEMERE 33 ALDWORTH (Tennyson’s home near Haslemere) 33 TENNYSON’S MEMORIAL, BEACON HILL, FRESHWATER 34 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A.) 35 TENNYSON It was merely the accident of his hour, the call of his age, which made Tennyson a philosophic poet.

ARTHURnounUS /ˈɑːrθər/

elected vice president and became 21st President of the United States when Garfield was assassinated (1830-1886)

From this reading RICHARD GARNETT, C.B. ALFRED TENNYSON (from the painting by Samuel Laurence) 5 TENNYSON’S MOTHER 6 BAG ENDERBY CHURCH 6 ALFRED TENNYSON, 1838 7 OLD GRAMMAR SCHOOL, LOUTH 7 ARTHUR H. HALLAM (from the bust by Chantrey) 8 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the medallion by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 9 THE LADY OF SHALOTT 10 THE PALACE OF ART 11 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the bust by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 12 MARIANA IN THE SOUTH 13 STOCKWORTH MILL 14 CLEVEDON CHURCH 14 GERAINT AND EDYRN 15 IN MEMORIAM (“Man dies: nor is there hope in dust”) 16 IN MEMORIAM (“Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky”) 17 LADY TENNYSON 18 HORNCASTLE (the home of Emily Sellwood) 19 GRASBY CHURCH 20 CHAPEL HOUSE, TWICKENHAM (Tennyson’s first home after his marriage) 20 ELAINE 21 ALFRED TENNYSON (1867) 22 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A., 1859) 23 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the chalk drawing by M. Arnault) 24 FARRINGFORD (Tennyson’s residence at Freshwater) 25 TENNYSON (about 1871) 26 MERLIN AND VIVIEN 27 FACSIMILE OF TENNYSON’S MANUSCRIPT, “CROSSING THE BAR” 28 GLADE AT FARRINGFORD (from a water-colour drawing by Mrs. Allingham) 29 FRESHWATER 30 FRESHWATER BAY 30 GUINEVERE 31 ALFRED TENNYSON 32 TENNYSON’S LANE, HASLEMERE 33 ALDWORTH (Tennyson’s home near Haslemere) 33 TENNYSON’S MEMORIAL, BEACON HILL, FRESHWATER 34 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A.) 35 TENNYSON It was merely the accident of his hour, the call of his age, which made Tennyson a philosophic poet.

atprepositionUS /æt/

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading RICHARD GARNETT, C.B. ALFRED TENNYSON (from the painting by Samuel Laurence) 5 TENNYSON’S MOTHER 6 BAG ENDERBY CHURCH 6 ALFRED TENNYSON, 1838 7 OLD GRAMMAR SCHOOL, LOUTH 7 ARTHUR H. HALLAM (from the bust by Chantrey) 8 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the medallion by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 9 THE LADY OF SHALOTT 10 THE PALACE OF ART 11 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the bust by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 12 MARIANA IN THE SOUTH 13 STOCKWORTH MILL 14 CLEVEDON CHURCH 14 GERAINT AND EDYRN 15 IN MEMORIAM (“Man dies: nor is there hope in dust”) 16 IN MEMORIAM (“Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky”) 17 LADY TENNYSON 18 HORNCASTLE (the home of Emily Sellwood) 19 GRASBY CHURCH 20 CHAPEL HOUSE, TWICKENHAM (Tennyson’s first home after his marriage) 20 ELAINE 21 ALFRED TENNYSON (1867) 22 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A., 1859) 23 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the chalk drawing by M. Arnault) 24 FARRINGFORD (Tennyson’s residence at Freshwater) 25 TENNYSON (about 1871) 26 MERLIN AND VIVIEN 27 FACSIMILE OF TENNYSON’S MANUSCRIPT, “CROSSING THE BAR” 28 GLADE AT FARRINGFORD (from a water-colour drawing by Mrs. Allingham) 29 FRESHWATER 30 FRESHWATER BAY 30 GUINEVERE 31 ALFRED TENNYSON 32 TENNYSON’S LANE, HASLEMERE 33 ALDWORTH (Tennyson’s home near Haslemere) 33 TENNYSON’S MEMORIAL, BEACON HILL, FRESHWATER 34 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A.) 35 TENNYSON It was merely the accident of his hour, the call of his age, which made Tennyson a philosophic poet.

BnounUS /biː/

aerobic rod-shaped spore-producing bacterium; often occurring in chainlike formations; found primarily in soil

From this reading RICHARD GARNETT, C.B. ALFRED TENNYSON (from the painting by Samuel Laurence) 5 TENNYSON’S MOTHER 6 BAG ENDERBY CHURCH 6 ALFRED TENNYSON, 1838 7 OLD GRAMMAR SCHOOL, LOUTH 7 ARTHUR H. HALLAM (from the bust by Chantrey) 8 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the medallion by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 9 THE LADY OF SHALOTT 10 THE PALACE OF ART 11 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the bust by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 12 MARIANA IN THE SOUTH 13 STOCKWORTH MILL 14 CLEVEDON CHURCH 14 GERAINT AND EDYRN 15 IN MEMORIAM (“Man dies: nor is there hope in dust”) 16 IN MEMORIAM (“Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky”) 17 LADY TENNYSON 18 HORNCASTLE (the home of Emily Sellwood) 19 GRASBY CHURCH 20 CHAPEL HOUSE, TWICKENHAM (Tennyson’s first home after his marriage) 20 ELAINE 21 ALFRED TENNYSON (1867) 22 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A., 1859) 23 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the chalk drawing by M. Arnault) 24 FARRINGFORD (Tennyson’s residence at Freshwater) 25 TENNYSON (about 1871) 26 MERLIN AND VIVIEN 27 FACSIMILE OF TENNYSON’S MANUSCRIPT, “CROSSING THE BAR” 28 GLADE AT FARRINGFORD (from a water-colour drawing by Mrs. Allingham) 29 FRESHWATER 30 FRESHWATER BAY 30 GUINEVERE 31 ALFRED TENNYSON 32 TENNYSON’S LANE, HASLEMERE 33 ALDWORTH (Tennyson’s home near Haslemere) 33 TENNYSON’S MEMORIAL, BEACON HILL, FRESHWATER 34 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A.) 35 TENNYSON It was merely the accident of his hour, the call of his age, which made Tennyson a philosophic poet.

BAGnounUS /bæɡ/

a flexible container with a single opening

From this reading RICHARD GARNETT, C.B. ALFRED TENNYSON (from the painting by Samuel Laurence) 5 TENNYSON’S MOTHER 6 BAG ENDERBY CHURCH 6 ALFRED TENNYSON, 1838 7 OLD GRAMMAR SCHOOL, LOUTH 7 ARTHUR H. HALLAM (from the bust by Chantrey) 8 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the medallion by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 9 THE LADY OF SHALOTT 10 THE PALACE OF ART 11 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the bust by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 12 MARIANA IN THE SOUTH 13 STOCKWORTH MILL 14 CLEVEDON CHURCH 14 GERAINT AND EDYRN 15 IN MEMORIAM (“Man dies: nor is there hope in dust”) 16 IN MEMORIAM (“Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky”) 17 LADY TENNYSON 18 HORNCASTLE (the home of Emily Sellwood) 19 GRASBY CHURCH 20 CHAPEL HOUSE, TWICKENHAM (Tennyson’s first home after his marriage) 20 ELAINE 21 ALFRED TENNYSON (1867) 22 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A., 1859) 23 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the chalk drawing by M. Arnault) 24 FARRINGFORD (Tennyson’s residence at Freshwater) 25 TENNYSON (about 1871) 26 MERLIN AND VIVIEN 27 FACSIMILE OF TENNYSON’S MANUSCRIPT, “CROSSING THE BAR” 28 GLADE AT FARRINGFORD (from a water-colour drawing by Mrs. Allingham) 29 FRESHWATER 30 FRESHWATER BAY 30 GUINEVERE 31 ALFRED TENNYSON 32 TENNYSON’S LANE, HASLEMERE 33 ALDWORTH (Tennyson’s home near Haslemere) 33 TENNYSON’S MEMORIAL, BEACON HILL, FRESHWATER 34 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A.) 35 TENNYSON It was merely the accident of his hour, the call of his age, which made Tennyson a philosophic poet.

BARnounUS /bɑːr/

a room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter

From this reading RICHARD GARNETT, C.B. ALFRED TENNYSON (from the painting by Samuel Laurence) 5 TENNYSON’S MOTHER 6 BAG ENDERBY CHURCH 6 ALFRED TENNYSON, 1838 7 OLD GRAMMAR SCHOOL, LOUTH 7 ARTHUR H. HALLAM (from the bust by Chantrey) 8 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the medallion by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 9 THE LADY OF SHALOTT 10 THE PALACE OF ART 11 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the bust by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 12 MARIANA IN THE SOUTH 13 STOCKWORTH MILL 14 CLEVEDON CHURCH 14 GERAINT AND EDYRN 15 IN MEMORIAM (“Man dies: nor is there hope in dust”) 16 IN MEMORIAM (“Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky”) 17 LADY TENNYSON 18 HORNCASTLE (the home of Emily Sellwood) 19 GRASBY CHURCH 20 CHAPEL HOUSE, TWICKENHAM (Tennyson’s first home after his marriage) 20 ELAINE 21 ALFRED TENNYSON (1867) 22 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A., 1859) 23 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the chalk drawing by M. Arnault) 24 FARRINGFORD (Tennyson’s residence at Freshwater) 25 TENNYSON (about 1871) 26 MERLIN AND VIVIEN 27 FACSIMILE OF TENNYSON’S MANUSCRIPT, “CROSSING THE BAR” 28 GLADE AT FARRINGFORD (from a water-colour drawing by Mrs. Allingham) 29 FRESHWATER 30 FRESHWATER BAY 30 GUINEVERE 31 ALFRED TENNYSON 32 TENNYSON’S LANE, HASLEMERE 33 ALDWORTH (Tennyson’s home near Haslemere) 33 TENNYSON’S MEMORIAL, BEACON HILL, FRESHWATER 34 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A.) 35 TENNYSON It was merely the accident of his hour, the call of his age, which made Tennyson a philosophic poet.

BAYnounUS /beɪ/

an indentation of a shoreline larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf

From this reading RICHARD GARNETT, C.B. ALFRED TENNYSON (from the painting by Samuel Laurence) 5 TENNYSON’S MOTHER 6 BAG ENDERBY CHURCH 6 ALFRED TENNYSON, 1838 7 OLD GRAMMAR SCHOOL, LOUTH 7 ARTHUR H. HALLAM (from the bust by Chantrey) 8 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the medallion by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 9 THE LADY OF SHALOTT 10 THE PALACE OF ART 11 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the bust by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 12 MARIANA IN THE SOUTH 13 STOCKWORTH MILL 14 CLEVEDON CHURCH 14 GERAINT AND EDYRN 15 IN MEMORIAM (“Man dies: nor is there hope in dust”) 16 IN MEMORIAM (“Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky”) 17 LADY TENNYSON 18 HORNCASTLE (the home of Emily Sellwood) 19 GRASBY CHURCH 20 CHAPEL HOUSE, TWICKENHAM (Tennyson’s first home after his marriage) 20 ELAINE 21 ALFRED TENNYSON (1867) 22 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A., 1859) 23 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the chalk drawing by M. Arnault) 24 FARRINGFORD (Tennyson’s residence at Freshwater) 25 TENNYSON (about 1871) 26 MERLIN AND VIVIEN 27 FACSIMILE OF TENNYSON’S MANUSCRIPT, “CROSSING THE BAR” 28 GLADE AT FARRINGFORD (from a water-colour drawing by Mrs. Allingham) 29 FRESHWATER 30 FRESHWATER BAY 30 GUINEVERE 31 ALFRED TENNYSON 32 TENNYSON’S LANE, HASLEMERE 33 ALDWORTH (Tennyson’s home near Haslemere) 33 TENNYSON’S MEMORIAL, BEACON HILL, FRESHWATER 34 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A.) 35 TENNYSON It was merely the accident of his hour, the call of his age, which made Tennyson a philosophic poet.

beauxiliary verbUS /biː/

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading He gave us scenes of Nature that cannot easily be surpassed, but he chose them like a landscape painter rather than like a religious poet.

BEACONnounUS /ˈbiːkən/

a fire (usually on a hill or tower) that can be seen from a distance

From this reading RICHARD GARNETT, C.B. ALFRED TENNYSON (from the painting by Samuel Laurence) 5 TENNYSON’S MOTHER 6 BAG ENDERBY CHURCH 6 ALFRED TENNYSON, 1838 7 OLD GRAMMAR SCHOOL, LOUTH 7 ARTHUR H. HALLAM (from the bust by Chantrey) 8 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the medallion by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 9 THE LADY OF SHALOTT 10 THE PALACE OF ART 11 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the bust by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 12 MARIANA IN THE SOUTH 13 STOCKWORTH MILL 14 CLEVEDON CHURCH 14 GERAINT AND EDYRN 15 IN MEMORIAM (“Man dies: nor is there hope in dust”) 16 IN MEMORIAM (“Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky”) 17 LADY TENNYSON 18 HORNCASTLE (the home of Emily Sellwood) 19 GRASBY CHURCH 20 CHAPEL HOUSE, TWICKENHAM (Tennyson’s first home after his marriage) 20 ELAINE 21 ALFRED TENNYSON (1867) 22 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A., 1859) 23 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the chalk drawing by M. Arnault) 24 FARRINGFORD (Tennyson’s residence at Freshwater) 25 TENNYSON (about 1871) 26 MERLIN AND VIVIEN 27 FACSIMILE OF TENNYSON’S MANUSCRIPT, “CROSSING THE BAR” 28 GLADE AT FARRINGFORD (from a water-colour drawing by Mrs. Allingham) 29 FRESHWATER 30 FRESHWATER BAY 30 GUINEVERE 31 ALFRED TENNYSON 32 TENNYSON’S LANE, HASLEMERE 33 ALDWORTH (Tennyson’s home near Haslemere) 33 TENNYSON’S MEMORIAL, BEACON HILL, FRESHWATER 34 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A.) 35 TENNYSON It was merely the accident of his hour, the call of his age, which made Tennyson a philosophic poet.

beautifuladjectiveUS /ˈbjuːtəfəl/

delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration

From this reading Above all, he exhibited his abstract love of the beautiful in one most personal and characteristic fact.

beautynounUS /ˈbjuːti/

the qualities that give pleasure to the senses

From this reading He was naturally not only a pure lover of beauty, but a pure lover of beauty in a much more peculiar and distinguished sense even than a man like Keats, or a man like Robert Bridges.

bellsnounUS /belz/

plural of “bell” — a hollow device made of metal that makes a ringing sound when struck

From this reading RICHARD GARNETT, C.B. ALFRED TENNYSON (from the painting by Samuel Laurence) 5 TENNYSON’S MOTHER 6 BAG ENDERBY CHURCH 6 ALFRED TENNYSON, 1838 7 OLD GRAMMAR SCHOOL, LOUTH 7 ARTHUR H. HALLAM (from the bust by Chantrey) 8 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the medallion by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 9 THE LADY OF SHALOTT 10 THE PALACE OF ART 11 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the bust by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 12 MARIANA IN THE SOUTH 13 STOCKWORTH MILL 14 CLEVEDON CHURCH 14 GERAINT AND EDYRN 15 IN MEMORIAM (“Man dies: nor is there hope in dust”) 16 IN MEMORIAM (“Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky”) 17 LADY TENNYSON 18 HORNCASTLE (the home of Emily Sellwood) 19 GRASBY CHURCH 20 CHAPEL HOUSE, TWICKENHAM (Tennyson’s first home after his marriage) 20 ELAINE 21 ALFRED TENNYSON (1867) 22 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A., 1859) 23 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the chalk drawing by M. Arnault) 24 FARRINGFORD (Tennyson’s residence at Freshwater) 25 TENNYSON (about 1871) 26 MERLIN AND VIVIEN 27 FACSIMILE OF TENNYSON’S MANUSCRIPT, “CROSSING THE BAR” 28 GLADE AT FARRINGFORD (from a water-colour drawing by Mrs. Allingham) 29 FRESHWATER 30 FRESHWATER BAY 30 GUINEVERE 31 ALFRED TENNYSON 32 TENNYSON’S LANE, HASLEMERE 33 ALDWORTH (Tennyson’s home near Haslemere) 33 TENNYSON’S MEMORIAL, BEACON HILL, FRESHWATER 34 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A.) 35 TENNYSON It was merely the accident of his hour, the call of his age, which made Tennyson a philosophic poet.

BridgesnounUS /ˈbrɪdʒəz/

United States labor leader who organized the longshoremen (1901-1990)

From this reading He was naturally not only a pure lover of beauty, but a pure lover of beauty in a much more peculiar and distinguished sense even than a man like Keats, or a man like Robert Bridges.

bustverbUS /bʌst/

ruin completely

From this reading RICHARD GARNETT, C.B. ALFRED TENNYSON (from the painting by Samuel Laurence) 5 TENNYSON’S MOTHER 6 BAG ENDERBY CHURCH 6 ALFRED TENNYSON, 1838 7 OLD GRAMMAR SCHOOL, LOUTH 7 ARTHUR H. HALLAM (from the bust by Chantrey) 8 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the medallion by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 9 THE LADY OF SHALOTT 10 THE PALACE OF ART 11 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the bust by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 12 MARIANA IN THE SOUTH 13 STOCKWORTH MILL 14 CLEVEDON CHURCH 14 GERAINT AND EDYRN 15 IN MEMORIAM (“Man dies: nor is there hope in dust”) 16 IN MEMORIAM (“Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky”) 17 LADY TENNYSON 18 HORNCASTLE (the home of Emily Sellwood) 19 GRASBY CHURCH 20 CHAPEL HOUSE, TWICKENHAM (Tennyson’s first home after his marriage) 20 ELAINE 21 ALFRED TENNYSON (1867) 22 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A., 1859) 23 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the chalk drawing by M. Arnault) 24 FARRINGFORD (Tennyson’s residence at Freshwater) 25 TENNYSON (about 1871) 26 MERLIN AND VIVIEN 27 FACSIMILE OF TENNYSON’S MANUSCRIPT, “CROSSING THE BAR” 28 GLADE AT FARRINGFORD (from a water-colour drawing by Mrs. Allingham) 29 FRESHWATER 30 FRESHWATER BAY 30 GUINEVERE 31 ALFRED TENNYSON 32 TENNYSON’S LANE, HASLEMERE 33 ALDWORTH (Tennyson’s home near Haslemere) 33 TENNYSON’S MEMORIAL, BEACON HILL, FRESHWATER 34 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A.) 35 TENNYSON It was merely the accident of his hour, the call of his age, which made Tennyson a philosophic poet.

butconjunctionUS /bʌt/

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading He was naturally not only a pure lover of beauty, but a pure lover of beauty in a much more peculiar and distinguished sense even than a man like Keats, or a man like Robert Bridges.

byprepositionUS /baɪ/

showing who or what does the action

From this reading RICHARD GARNETT, C.B. ALFRED TENNYSON (from the painting by Samuel Laurence) 5 TENNYSON’S MOTHER 6 BAG ENDERBY CHURCH 6 ALFRED TENNYSON, 1838 7 OLD GRAMMAR SCHOOL, LOUTH 7 ARTHUR H. HALLAM (from the bust by Chantrey) 8 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the medallion by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 9 THE LADY OF SHALOTT 10 THE PALACE OF ART 11 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the bust by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 12 MARIANA IN THE SOUTH 13 STOCKWORTH MILL 14 CLEVEDON CHURCH 14 GERAINT AND EDYRN 15 IN MEMORIAM (“Man dies: nor is there hope in dust”) 16 IN MEMORIAM (“Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky”) 17 LADY TENNYSON 18 HORNCASTLE (the home of Emily Sellwood) 19 GRASBY CHURCH 20 CHAPEL HOUSE, TWICKENHAM (Tennyson’s first home after his marriage) 20 ELAINE 21 ALFRED TENNYSON (1867) 22 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A., 1859) 23 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the chalk drawing by M. Arnault) 24 FARRINGFORD (Tennyson’s residence at Freshwater) 25 TENNYSON (about 1871) 26 MERLIN AND VIVIEN 27 FACSIMILE OF TENNYSON’S MANUSCRIPT, “CROSSING THE BAR” 28 GLADE AT FARRINGFORD (from a water-colour drawing by Mrs. Allingham) 29 FRESHWATER 30 FRESHWATER BAY 30 GUINEVERE 31 ALFRED TENNYSON 32 TENNYSON’S LANE, HASLEMERE 33 ALDWORTH (Tennyson’s home near Haslemere) 33 TENNYSON’S MEMORIAL, BEACON HILL, FRESHWATER 34 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A.) 35 TENNYSON It was merely the accident of his hour, the call of his age, which made Tennyson a philosophic poet.

CnounUS /siː/

a degree on the centigrade scale of temperature

From this reading RICHARD GARNETT, C.B. ALFRED TENNYSON (from the painting by Samuel Laurence) 5 TENNYSON’S MOTHER 6 BAG ENDERBY CHURCH 6 ALFRED TENNYSON, 1838 7 OLD GRAMMAR SCHOOL, LOUTH 7 ARTHUR H. HALLAM (from the bust by Chantrey) 8 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the medallion by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 9 THE LADY OF SHALOTT 10 THE PALACE OF ART 11 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the bust by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 12 MARIANA IN THE SOUTH 13 STOCKWORTH MILL 14 CLEVEDON CHURCH 14 GERAINT AND EDYRN 15 IN MEMORIAM (“Man dies: nor is there hope in dust”) 16 IN MEMORIAM (“Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky”) 17 LADY TENNYSON 18 HORNCASTLE (the home of Emily Sellwood) 19 GRASBY CHURCH 20 CHAPEL HOUSE, TWICKENHAM (Tennyson’s first home after his marriage) 20 ELAINE 21 ALFRED TENNYSON (1867) 22 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A., 1859) 23 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the chalk drawing by M. Arnault) 24 FARRINGFORD (Tennyson’s residence at Freshwater) 25 TENNYSON (about 1871) 26 MERLIN AND VIVIEN 27 FACSIMILE OF TENNYSON’S MANUSCRIPT, “CROSSING THE BAR” 28 GLADE AT FARRINGFORD (from a water-colour drawing by Mrs. Allingham) 29 FRESHWATER 30 FRESHWATER BAY 30 GUINEVERE 31 ALFRED TENNYSON 32 TENNYSON’S LANE, HASLEMERE 33 ALDWORTH (Tennyson’s home near Haslemere) 33 TENNYSON’S MEMORIAL, BEACON HILL, FRESHWATER 34 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A.) 35 TENNYSON It was merely the accident of his hour, the call of his age, which made Tennyson a philosophic poet.

callverbUS /kɔːl/

assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to

From this reading RICHARD GARNETT, C.B. ALFRED TENNYSON (from the painting by Samuel Laurence) 5 TENNYSON’S MOTHER 6 BAG ENDERBY CHURCH 6 ALFRED TENNYSON, 1838 7 OLD GRAMMAR SCHOOL, LOUTH 7 ARTHUR H. HALLAM (from the bust by Chantrey) 8 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the medallion by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 9 THE LADY OF SHALOTT 10 THE PALACE OF ART 11 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the bust by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 12 MARIANA IN THE SOUTH 13 STOCKWORTH MILL 14 CLEVEDON CHURCH 14 GERAINT AND EDYRN 15 IN MEMORIAM (“Man dies: nor is there hope in dust”) 16 IN MEMORIAM (“Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky”) 17 LADY TENNYSON 18 HORNCASTLE (the home of Emily Sellwood) 19 GRASBY CHURCH 20 CHAPEL HOUSE, TWICKENHAM (Tennyson’s first home after his marriage) 20 ELAINE 21 ALFRED TENNYSON (1867) 22 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A., 1859) 23 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the chalk drawing by M. Arnault) 24 FARRINGFORD (Tennyson’s residence at Freshwater) 25 TENNYSON (about 1871) 26 MERLIN AND VIVIEN 27 FACSIMILE OF TENNYSON’S MANUSCRIPT, “CROSSING THE BAR” 28 GLADE AT FARRINGFORD (from a water-colour drawing by Mrs. Allingham) 29 FRESHWATER 30 FRESHWATER BAY 30 GUINEVERE 31 ALFRED TENNYSON 32 TENNYSON’S LANE, HASLEMERE 33 ALDWORTH (Tennyson’s home near Haslemere) 33 TENNYSON’S MEMORIAL, BEACON HILL, FRESHWATER 34 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A.) 35 TENNYSON It was merely the accident of his hour, the call of his age, which made Tennyson a philosophic poet.

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From this reading He gave us scenes of Nature that cannot easily be surpassed, but he chose them like a landscape painter rather than like a religious poet.

chalknounUS /tʃɔːk/

A soft white limestone used for marking doors, stone walls, and slate.

From this reading RICHARD GARNETT, C.B. ALFRED TENNYSON (from the painting by Samuel Laurence) 5 TENNYSON’S MOTHER 6 BAG ENDERBY CHURCH 6 ALFRED TENNYSON, 1838 7 OLD GRAMMAR SCHOOL, LOUTH 7 ARTHUR H. HALLAM (from the bust by Chantrey) 8 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the medallion by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 9 THE LADY OF SHALOTT 10 THE PALACE OF ART 11 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the bust by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 12 MARIANA IN THE SOUTH 13 STOCKWORTH MILL 14 CLEVEDON CHURCH 14 GERAINT AND EDYRN 15 IN MEMORIAM (“Man dies: nor is there hope in dust”) 16 IN MEMORIAM (“Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky”) 17 LADY TENNYSON 18 HORNCASTLE (the home of Emily Sellwood) 19 GRASBY CHURCH 20 CHAPEL HOUSE, TWICKENHAM (Tennyson’s first home after his marriage) 20 ELAINE 21 ALFRED TENNYSON (1867) 22 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A., 1859) 23 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the chalk drawing by M. Arnault) 24 FARRINGFORD (Tennyson’s residence at Freshwater) 25 TENNYSON (about 1871) 26 MERLIN AND VIVIEN 27 FACSIMILE OF TENNYSON’S MANUSCRIPT, “CROSSING THE BAR” 28 GLADE AT FARRINGFORD (from a water-colour drawing by Mrs. Allingham) 29 FRESHWATER 30 FRESHWATER BAY 30 GUINEVERE 31 ALFRED TENNYSON 32 TENNYSON’S LANE, HASLEMERE 33 ALDWORTH (Tennyson’s home near Haslemere) 33 TENNYSON’S MEMORIAL, BEACON HILL, FRESHWATER 34 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A.) 35 TENNYSON It was merely the accident of his hour, the call of his age, which made Tennyson a philosophic poet.

Chantrey

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From this reading RICHARD GARNETT, C.B. ALFRED TENNYSON (from the painting by Samuel Laurence) 5 TENNYSON’S MOTHER 6 BAG ENDERBY CHURCH 6 ALFRED TENNYSON, 1838 7 OLD GRAMMAR SCHOOL, LOUTH 7 ARTHUR H. HALLAM (from the bust by Chantrey) 8 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the medallion by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 9 THE LADY OF SHALOTT 10 THE PALACE OF ART 11 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the bust by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 12 MARIANA IN THE SOUTH 13 STOCKWORTH MILL 14 CLEVEDON CHURCH 14 GERAINT AND EDYRN 15 IN MEMORIAM (“Man dies: nor is there hope in dust”) 16 IN MEMORIAM (“Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky”) 17 LADY TENNYSON 18 HORNCASTLE (the home of Emily Sellwood) 19 GRASBY CHURCH 20 CHAPEL HOUSE, TWICKENHAM (Tennyson’s first home after his marriage) 20 ELAINE 21 ALFRED TENNYSON (1867) 22 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A., 1859) 23 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the chalk drawing by M. Arnault) 24 FARRINGFORD (Tennyson’s residence at Freshwater) 25 TENNYSON (about 1871) 26 MERLIN AND VIVIEN 27 FACSIMILE OF TENNYSON’S MANUSCRIPT, “CROSSING THE BAR” 28 GLADE AT FARRINGFORD (from a water-colour drawing by Mrs. Allingham) 29 FRESHWATER 30 FRESHWATER BAY 30 GUINEVERE 31 ALFRED TENNYSON 32 TENNYSON’S LANE, HASLEMERE 33 ALDWORTH (Tennyson’s home near Haslemere) 33 TENNYSON’S MEMORIAL, BEACON HILL, FRESHWATER 34 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A.) 35 TENNYSON It was merely the accident of his hour, the call of his age, which made Tennyson a philosophic poet.

CHAPELnounUS /ˈtʃæpəl/

a place of worship that has its own altar

From this reading RICHARD GARNETT, C.B. ALFRED TENNYSON (from the painting by Samuel Laurence) 5 TENNYSON’S MOTHER 6 BAG ENDERBY CHURCH 6 ALFRED TENNYSON, 1838 7 OLD GRAMMAR SCHOOL, LOUTH 7 ARTHUR H. HALLAM (from the bust by Chantrey) 8 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the medallion by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 9 THE LADY OF SHALOTT 10 THE PALACE OF ART 11 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the bust by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 12 MARIANA IN THE SOUTH 13 STOCKWORTH MILL 14 CLEVEDON CHURCH 14 GERAINT AND EDYRN 15 IN MEMORIAM (“Man dies: nor is there hope in dust”) 16 IN MEMORIAM (“Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky”) 17 LADY TENNYSON 18 HORNCASTLE (the home of Emily Sellwood) 19 GRASBY CHURCH 20 CHAPEL HOUSE, TWICKENHAM (Tennyson’s first home after his marriage) 20 ELAINE 21 ALFRED TENNYSON (1867) 22 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A., 1859) 23 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the chalk drawing by M. Arnault) 24 FARRINGFORD (Tennyson’s residence at Freshwater) 25 TENNYSON (about 1871) 26 MERLIN AND VIVIEN 27 FACSIMILE OF TENNYSON’S MANUSCRIPT, “CROSSING THE BAR” 28 GLADE AT FARRINGFORD (from a water-colour drawing by Mrs. Allingham) 29 FRESHWATER 30 FRESHWATER BAY 30 GUINEVERE 31 ALFRED TENNYSON 32 TENNYSON’S LANE, HASLEMERE 33 ALDWORTH (Tennyson’s home near Haslemere) 33 TENNYSON’S MEMORIAL, BEACON HILL, FRESHWATER 34 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A.) 35 TENNYSON It was merely the accident of his hour, the call of his age, which made Tennyson a philosophic poet.

characteristicnounUS /ˌkerəktərˈɪstɪk/

a prominent attribute or aspect of something

From this reading Above all, he exhibited his abstract love of the beautiful in one most personal and characteristic fact.

choseverbUS /tʃoʊz/

inflected form of “choose” — pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives

From this reading He gave us scenes of Nature that cannot easily be surpassed, but he chose them like a landscape painter rather than like a religious poet.

CHURCHnounUS /tʃɜːrtʃ/

one of the groups of Christians who have their own beliefs and forms of worship

From this reading RICHARD GARNETT, C.B. ALFRED TENNYSON (from the painting by Samuel Laurence) 5 TENNYSON’S MOTHER 6 BAG ENDERBY CHURCH 6 ALFRED TENNYSON, 1838 7 OLD GRAMMAR SCHOOL, LOUTH 7 ARTHUR H. HALLAM (from the bust by Chantrey) 8 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the medallion by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 9 THE LADY OF SHALOTT 10 THE PALACE OF ART 11 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the bust by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 12 MARIANA IN THE SOUTH 13 STOCKWORTH MILL 14 CLEVEDON CHURCH 14 GERAINT AND EDYRN 15 IN MEMORIAM (“Man dies: nor is there hope in dust”) 16 IN MEMORIAM (“Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky”) 17 LADY TENNYSON 18 HORNCASTLE (the home of Emily Sellwood) 19 GRASBY CHURCH 20 CHAPEL HOUSE, TWICKENHAM (Tennyson’s first home after his marriage) 20 ELAINE 21 ALFRED TENNYSON (1867) 22 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A., 1859) 23 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the chalk drawing by M. Arnault) 24 FARRINGFORD (Tennyson’s residence at Freshwater) 25 TENNYSON (about 1871) 26 MERLIN AND VIVIEN 27 FACSIMILE OF TENNYSON’S MANUSCRIPT, “CROSSING THE BAR” 28 GLADE AT FARRINGFORD (from a water-colour drawing by Mrs. Allingham) 29 FRESHWATER 30 FRESHWATER BAY 30 GUINEVERE 31 ALFRED TENNYSON 32 TENNYSON’S LANE, HASLEMERE 33 ALDWORTH (Tennyson’s home near Haslemere) 33 TENNYSON’S MEMORIAL, BEACON HILL, FRESHWATER 34 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A.) 35 TENNYSON It was merely the accident of his hour, the call of his age, which made Tennyson a philosophic poet.

CLEVEDON

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From this reading RICHARD GARNETT, C.B. ALFRED TENNYSON (from the painting by Samuel Laurence) 5 TENNYSON’S MOTHER 6 BAG ENDERBY CHURCH 6 ALFRED TENNYSON, 1838 7 OLD GRAMMAR SCHOOL, LOUTH 7 ARTHUR H. HALLAM (from the bust by Chantrey) 8 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the medallion by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 9 THE LADY OF SHALOTT 10 THE PALACE OF ART 11 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the bust by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 12 MARIANA IN THE SOUTH 13 STOCKWORTH MILL 14 CLEVEDON CHURCH 14 GERAINT AND EDYRN 15 IN MEMORIAM (“Man dies: nor is there hope in dust”) 16 IN MEMORIAM (“Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky”) 17 LADY TENNYSON 18 HORNCASTLE (the home of Emily Sellwood) 19 GRASBY CHURCH 20 CHAPEL HOUSE, TWICKENHAM (Tennyson’s first home after his marriage) 20 ELAINE 21 ALFRED TENNYSON (1867) 22 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A., 1859) 23 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the chalk drawing by M. Arnault) 24 FARRINGFORD (Tennyson’s residence at Freshwater) 25 TENNYSON (about 1871) 26 MERLIN AND VIVIEN 27 FACSIMILE OF TENNYSON’S MANUSCRIPT, “CROSSING THE BAR” 28 GLADE AT FARRINGFORD (from a water-colour drawing by Mrs. Allingham) 29 FRESHWATER 30 FRESHWATER BAY 30 GUINEVERE 31 ALFRED TENNYSON 32 TENNYSON’S LANE, HASLEMERE 33 ALDWORTH (Tennyson’s home near Haslemere) 33 TENNYSON’S MEMORIAL, BEACON HILL, FRESHWATER 34 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A.) 35 TENNYSON It was merely the accident of his hour, the call of his age, which made Tennyson a philosophic poet.

CROSSINGnounUS /ˈkrɔːsɪŋ/

traveling across

From this reading RICHARD GARNETT, C.B. ALFRED TENNYSON (from the painting by Samuel Laurence) 5 TENNYSON’S MOTHER 6 BAG ENDERBY CHURCH 6 ALFRED TENNYSON, 1838 7 OLD GRAMMAR SCHOOL, LOUTH 7 ARTHUR H. HALLAM (from the bust by Chantrey) 8 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the medallion by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 9 THE LADY OF SHALOTT 10 THE PALACE OF ART 11 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the bust by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 12 MARIANA IN THE SOUTH 13 STOCKWORTH MILL 14 CLEVEDON CHURCH 14 GERAINT AND EDYRN 15 IN MEMORIAM (“Man dies: nor is there hope in dust”) 16 IN MEMORIAM (“Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky”) 17 LADY TENNYSON 18 HORNCASTLE (the home of Emily Sellwood) 19 GRASBY CHURCH 20 CHAPEL HOUSE, TWICKENHAM (Tennyson’s first home after his marriage) 20 ELAINE 21 ALFRED TENNYSON (1867) 22 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A., 1859) 23 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the chalk drawing by M. Arnault) 24 FARRINGFORD (Tennyson’s residence at Freshwater) 25 TENNYSON (about 1871) 26 MERLIN AND VIVIEN 27 FACSIMILE OF TENNYSON’S MANUSCRIPT, “CROSSING THE BAR” 28 GLADE AT FARRINGFORD (from a water-colour drawing by Mrs. Allingham) 29 FRESHWATER 30 FRESHWATER BAY 30 GUINEVERE 31 ALFRED TENNYSON 32 TENNYSON’S LANE, HASLEMERE 33 ALDWORTH (Tennyson’s home near Haslemere) 33 TENNYSON’S MEMORIAL, BEACON HILL, FRESHWATER 34 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A.) 35 TENNYSON It was merely the accident of his hour, the call of his age, which made Tennyson a philosophic poet.

diesnounUS /daɪz/

plural of “die” — a small cube with 1 to 6 spots on the six faces; used in gambling to generate random numbers

From this reading RICHARD GARNETT, C.B. ALFRED TENNYSON (from the painting by Samuel Laurence) 5 TENNYSON’S MOTHER 6 BAG ENDERBY CHURCH 6 ALFRED TENNYSON, 1838 7 OLD GRAMMAR SCHOOL, LOUTH 7 ARTHUR H. HALLAM (from the bust by Chantrey) 8 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the medallion by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 9 THE LADY OF SHALOTT 10 THE PALACE OF ART 11 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the bust by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 12 MARIANA IN THE SOUTH 13 STOCKWORTH MILL 14 CLEVEDON CHURCH 14 GERAINT AND EDYRN 15 IN MEMORIAM (“Man dies: nor is there hope in dust”) 16 IN MEMORIAM (“Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky”) 17 LADY TENNYSON 18 HORNCASTLE (the home of Emily Sellwood) 19 GRASBY CHURCH 20 CHAPEL HOUSE, TWICKENHAM (Tennyson’s first home after his marriage) 20 ELAINE 21 ALFRED TENNYSON (1867) 22 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A., 1859) 23 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the chalk drawing by M. Arnault) 24 FARRINGFORD (Tennyson’s residence at Freshwater) 25 TENNYSON (about 1871) 26 MERLIN AND VIVIEN 27 FACSIMILE OF TENNYSON’S MANUSCRIPT, “CROSSING THE BAR” 28 GLADE AT FARRINGFORD (from a water-colour drawing by Mrs. Allingham) 29 FRESHWATER 30 FRESHWATER BAY 30 GUINEVERE 31 ALFRED TENNYSON 32 TENNYSON’S LANE, HASLEMERE 33 ALDWORTH (Tennyson’s home near Haslemere) 33 TENNYSON’S MEMORIAL, BEACON HILL, FRESHWATER 34 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A.) 35 TENNYSON It was merely the accident of his hour, the call of his age, which made Tennyson a philosophic poet.

distinguishedadjectiveUS /dɪˈstɪŋɡwɪʃt/

(used of persons) standing above others in character or attainment or reputation

From this reading He was naturally not only a pure lover of beauty, but a pure lover of beauty in a much more peculiar and distinguished sense even than a man like Keats, or a man like Robert Bridges.

DR

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From this reading DR.

drawingnounUS /ˈdrɔːɪŋ/

an illustration that is drawn by hand and published in a book, magazine, or newspaper

From this reading RICHARD GARNETT, C.B. ALFRED TENNYSON (from the painting by Samuel Laurence) 5 TENNYSON’S MOTHER 6 BAG ENDERBY CHURCH 6 ALFRED TENNYSON, 1838 7 OLD GRAMMAR SCHOOL, LOUTH 7 ARTHUR H. HALLAM (from the bust by Chantrey) 8 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the medallion by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 9 THE LADY OF SHALOTT 10 THE PALACE OF ART 11 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the bust by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 12 MARIANA IN THE SOUTH 13 STOCKWORTH MILL 14 CLEVEDON CHURCH 14 GERAINT AND EDYRN 15 IN MEMORIAM (“Man dies: nor is there hope in dust”) 16 IN MEMORIAM (“Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky”) 17 LADY TENNYSON 18 HORNCASTLE (the home of Emily Sellwood) 19 GRASBY CHURCH 20 CHAPEL HOUSE, TWICKENHAM (Tennyson’s first home after his marriage) 20 ELAINE 21 ALFRED TENNYSON (1867) 22 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A., 1859) 23 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the chalk drawing by M. Arnault) 24 FARRINGFORD (Tennyson’s residence at Freshwater) 25 TENNYSON (about 1871) 26 MERLIN AND VIVIEN 27 FACSIMILE OF TENNYSON’S MANUSCRIPT, “CROSSING THE BAR” 28 GLADE AT FARRINGFORD (from a water-colour drawing by Mrs. Allingham) 29 FRESHWATER 30 FRESHWATER BAY 30 GUINEVERE 31 ALFRED TENNYSON 32 TENNYSON’S LANE, HASLEMERE 33 ALDWORTH (Tennyson’s home near Haslemere) 33 TENNYSON’S MEMORIAL, BEACON HILL, FRESHWATER 34 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A.) 35 TENNYSON It was merely the accident of his hour, the call of his age, which made Tennyson a philosophic poet.

dustverbUS /dʌst/

remove the dust from

From this reading RICHARD GARNETT, C.B. ALFRED TENNYSON (from the painting by Samuel Laurence) 5 TENNYSON’S MOTHER 6 BAG ENDERBY CHURCH 6 ALFRED TENNYSON, 1838 7 OLD GRAMMAR SCHOOL, LOUTH 7 ARTHUR H. HALLAM (from the bust by Chantrey) 8 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the medallion by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 9 THE LADY OF SHALOTT 10 THE PALACE OF ART 11 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the bust by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 12 MARIANA IN THE SOUTH 13 STOCKWORTH MILL 14 CLEVEDON CHURCH 14 GERAINT AND EDYRN 15 IN MEMORIAM (“Man dies: nor is there hope in dust”) 16 IN MEMORIAM (“Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky”) 17 LADY TENNYSON 18 HORNCASTLE (the home of Emily Sellwood) 19 GRASBY CHURCH 20 CHAPEL HOUSE, TWICKENHAM (Tennyson’s first home after his marriage) 20 ELAINE 21 ALFRED TENNYSON (1867) 22 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A., 1859) 23 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the chalk drawing by M. Arnault) 24 FARRINGFORD (Tennyson’s residence at Freshwater) 25 TENNYSON (about 1871) 26 MERLIN AND VIVIEN 27 FACSIMILE OF TENNYSON’S MANUSCRIPT, “CROSSING THE BAR” 28 GLADE AT FARRINGFORD (from a water-colour drawing by Mrs. Allingham) 29 FRESHWATER 30 FRESHWATER BAY 30 GUINEVERE 31 ALFRED TENNYSON 32 TENNYSON’S LANE, HASLEMERE 33 ALDWORTH (Tennyson’s home near Haslemere) 33 TENNYSON’S MEMORIAL, BEACON HILL, FRESHWATER 34 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A.) 35 TENNYSON It was merely the accident of his hour, the call of his age, which made Tennyson a philosophic poet.

easilyadverbUS /ˈiːzəli/

with ease (“easy” is sometimes used informally for “easily”)

From this reading He gave us scenes of Nature that cannot easily be surpassed, but he chose them like a landscape painter rather than like a religious poet.

EDYRN

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From this reading RICHARD GARNETT, C.B. ALFRED TENNYSON (from the painting by Samuel Laurence) 5 TENNYSON’S MOTHER 6 BAG ENDERBY CHURCH 6 ALFRED TENNYSON, 1838 7 OLD GRAMMAR SCHOOL, LOUTH 7 ARTHUR H. HALLAM (from the bust by Chantrey) 8 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the medallion by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 9 THE LADY OF SHALOTT 10 THE PALACE OF ART 11 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the bust by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 12 MARIANA IN THE SOUTH 13 STOCKWORTH MILL 14 CLEVEDON CHURCH 14 GERAINT AND EDYRN 15 IN MEMORIAM (“Man dies: nor is there hope in dust”) 16 IN MEMORIAM (“Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky”) 17 LADY TENNYSON 18 HORNCASTLE (the home of Emily Sellwood) 19 GRASBY CHURCH 20 CHAPEL HOUSE, TWICKENHAM (Tennyson’s first home after his marriage) 20 ELAINE 21 ALFRED TENNYSON (1867) 22 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A., 1859) 23 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the chalk drawing by M. Arnault) 24 FARRINGFORD (Tennyson’s residence at Freshwater) 25 TENNYSON (about 1871) 26 MERLIN AND VIVIEN 27 FACSIMILE OF TENNYSON’S MANUSCRIPT, “CROSSING THE BAR” 28 GLADE AT FARRINGFORD (from a water-colour drawing by Mrs. Allingham) 29 FRESHWATER 30 FRESHWATER BAY 30 GUINEVERE 31 ALFRED TENNYSON 32 TENNYSON’S LANE, HASLEMERE 33 ALDWORTH (Tennyson’s home near Haslemere) 33 TENNYSON’S MEMORIAL, BEACON HILL, FRESHWATER 34 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A.) 35 TENNYSON It was merely the accident of his hour, the call of his age, which made Tennyson a philosophic poet.

ELAINE

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From this reading RICHARD GARNETT, C.B. ALFRED TENNYSON (from the painting by Samuel Laurence) 5 TENNYSON’S MOTHER 6 BAG ENDERBY CHURCH 6 ALFRED TENNYSON, 1838 7 OLD GRAMMAR SCHOOL, LOUTH 7 ARTHUR H. HALLAM (from the bust by Chantrey) 8 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the medallion by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 9 THE LADY OF SHALOTT 10 THE PALACE OF ART 11 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the bust by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 12 MARIANA IN THE SOUTH 13 STOCKWORTH MILL 14 CLEVEDON CHURCH 14 GERAINT AND EDYRN 15 IN MEMORIAM (“Man dies: nor is there hope in dust”) 16 IN MEMORIAM (“Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky”) 17 LADY TENNYSON 18 HORNCASTLE (the home of Emily Sellwood) 19 GRASBY CHURCH 20 CHAPEL HOUSE, TWICKENHAM (Tennyson’s first home after his marriage) 20 ELAINE 21 ALFRED TENNYSON (1867) 22 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A., 1859) 23 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the chalk drawing by M. Arnault) 24 FARRINGFORD (Tennyson’s residence at Freshwater) 25 TENNYSON (about 1871) 26 MERLIN AND VIVIEN 27 FACSIMILE OF TENNYSON’S MANUSCRIPT, “CROSSING THE BAR” 28 GLADE AT FARRINGFORD (from a water-colour drawing by Mrs. Allingham) 29 FRESHWATER 30 FRESHWATER BAY 30 GUINEVERE 31 ALFRED TENNYSON 32 TENNYSON’S LANE, HASLEMERE 33 ALDWORTH (Tennyson’s home near Haslemere) 33 TENNYSON’S MEMORIAL, BEACON HILL, FRESHWATER 34 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A.) 35 TENNYSON It was merely the accident of his hour, the call of his age, which made Tennyson a philosophic poet.

Emily

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From this reading RICHARD GARNETT, C.B. ALFRED TENNYSON (from the painting by Samuel Laurence) 5 TENNYSON’S MOTHER 6 BAG ENDERBY CHURCH 6 ALFRED TENNYSON, 1838 7 OLD GRAMMAR SCHOOL, LOUTH 7 ARTHUR H. HALLAM (from the bust by Chantrey) 8 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the medallion by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 9 THE LADY OF SHALOTT 10 THE PALACE OF ART 11 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the bust by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 12 MARIANA IN THE SOUTH 13 STOCKWORTH MILL 14 CLEVEDON CHURCH 14 GERAINT AND EDYRN 15 IN MEMORIAM (“Man dies: nor is there hope in dust”) 16 IN MEMORIAM (“Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky”) 17 LADY TENNYSON 18 HORNCASTLE (the home of Emily Sellwood) 19 GRASBY CHURCH 20 CHAPEL HOUSE, TWICKENHAM (Tennyson’s first home after his marriage) 20 ELAINE 21 ALFRED TENNYSON (1867) 22 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A., 1859) 23 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the chalk drawing by M. Arnault) 24 FARRINGFORD (Tennyson’s residence at Freshwater) 25 TENNYSON (about 1871) 26 MERLIN AND VIVIEN 27 FACSIMILE OF TENNYSON’S MANUSCRIPT, “CROSSING THE BAR” 28 GLADE AT FARRINGFORD (from a water-colour drawing by Mrs. Allingham) 29 FRESHWATER 30 FRESHWATER BAY 30 GUINEVERE 31 ALFRED TENNYSON 32 TENNYSON’S LANE, HASLEMERE 33 ALDWORTH (Tennyson’s home near Haslemere) 33 TENNYSON’S MEMORIAL, BEACON HILL, FRESHWATER 34 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A.) 35 TENNYSON It was merely the accident of his hour, the call of his age, which made Tennyson a philosophic poet.

ENDERBY

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From this reading RICHARD GARNETT, C.B. ALFRED TENNYSON (from the painting by Samuel Laurence) 5 TENNYSON’S MOTHER 6 BAG ENDERBY CHURCH 6 ALFRED TENNYSON, 1838 7 OLD GRAMMAR SCHOOL, LOUTH 7 ARTHUR H. HALLAM (from the bust by Chantrey) 8 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the medallion by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 9 THE LADY OF SHALOTT 10 THE PALACE OF ART 11 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the bust by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 12 MARIANA IN THE SOUTH 13 STOCKWORTH MILL 14 CLEVEDON CHURCH 14 GERAINT AND EDYRN 15 IN MEMORIAM (“Man dies: nor is there hope in dust”) 16 IN MEMORIAM (“Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky”) 17 LADY TENNYSON 18 HORNCASTLE (the home of Emily Sellwood) 19 GRASBY CHURCH 20 CHAPEL HOUSE, TWICKENHAM (Tennyson’s first home after his marriage) 20 ELAINE 21 ALFRED TENNYSON (1867) 22 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A., 1859) 23 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the chalk drawing by M. Arnault) 24 FARRINGFORD (Tennyson’s residence at Freshwater) 25 TENNYSON (about 1871) 26 MERLIN AND VIVIEN 27 FACSIMILE OF TENNYSON’S MANUSCRIPT, “CROSSING THE BAR” 28 GLADE AT FARRINGFORD (from a water-colour drawing by Mrs. Allingham) 29 FRESHWATER 30 FRESHWATER BAY 30 GUINEVERE 31 ALFRED TENNYSON 32 TENNYSON’S LANE, HASLEMERE 33 ALDWORTH (Tennyson’s home near Haslemere) 33 TENNYSON’S MEMORIAL, BEACON HILL, FRESHWATER 34 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A.) 35 TENNYSON It was merely the accident of his hour, the call of his age, which made Tennyson a philosophic poet.

evenadjectiveUS /ˈiːvɪn/

divisible by two

From this reading He was naturally not only a pure lover of beauty, but a pure lover of beauty in a much more peculiar and distinguished sense even than a man like Keats, or a man like Robert Bridges.

exhibitedverbUS /ɪɡˈzɪbətəd/

past form of “exhibit” — show an attribute, property, knowledge, or skill

From this reading Above all, he exhibited his abstract love of the beautiful in one most personal and characteristic fact.

FnounUS /ef/

a degree on the Fahrenheit scale of temperature

From this reading RICHARD GARNETT, C.B. ALFRED TENNYSON (from the painting by Samuel Laurence) 5 TENNYSON’S MOTHER 6 BAG ENDERBY CHURCH 6 ALFRED TENNYSON, 1838 7 OLD GRAMMAR SCHOOL, LOUTH 7 ARTHUR H. HALLAM (from the bust by Chantrey) 8 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the medallion by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 9 THE LADY OF SHALOTT 10 THE PALACE OF ART 11 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the bust by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 12 MARIANA IN THE SOUTH 13 STOCKWORTH MILL 14 CLEVEDON CHURCH 14 GERAINT AND EDYRN 15 IN MEMORIAM (“Man dies: nor is there hope in dust”) 16 IN MEMORIAM (“Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky”) 17 LADY TENNYSON 18 HORNCASTLE (the home of Emily Sellwood) 19 GRASBY CHURCH 20 CHAPEL HOUSE, TWICKENHAM (Tennyson’s first home after his marriage) 20 ELAINE 21 ALFRED TENNYSON (1867) 22 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A., 1859) 23 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the chalk drawing by M. Arnault) 24 FARRINGFORD (Tennyson’s residence at Freshwater) 25 TENNYSON (about 1871) 26 MERLIN AND VIVIEN 27 FACSIMILE OF TENNYSON’S MANUSCRIPT, “CROSSING THE BAR” 28 GLADE AT FARRINGFORD (from a water-colour drawing by Mrs. Allingham) 29 FRESHWATER 30 FRESHWATER BAY 30 GUINEVERE 31 ALFRED TENNYSON 32 TENNYSON’S LANE, HASLEMERE 33 ALDWORTH (Tennyson’s home near Haslemere) 33 TENNYSON’S MEMORIAL, BEACON HILL, FRESHWATER 34 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A.) 35 TENNYSON It was merely the accident of his hour, the call of his age, which made Tennyson a philosophic poet.

FACSIMILEnounUS /fækˈsɪməli/

an exact copy or reproduction

From this reading RICHARD GARNETT, C.B. ALFRED TENNYSON (from the painting by Samuel Laurence) 5 TENNYSON’S MOTHER 6 BAG ENDERBY CHURCH 6 ALFRED TENNYSON, 1838 7 OLD GRAMMAR SCHOOL, LOUTH 7 ARTHUR H. HALLAM (from the bust by Chantrey) 8 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the medallion by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 9 THE LADY OF SHALOTT 10 THE PALACE OF ART 11 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the bust by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 12 MARIANA IN THE SOUTH 13 STOCKWORTH MILL 14 CLEVEDON CHURCH 14 GERAINT AND EDYRN 15 IN MEMORIAM (“Man dies: nor is there hope in dust”) 16 IN MEMORIAM (“Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky”) 17 LADY TENNYSON 18 HORNCASTLE (the home of Emily Sellwood) 19 GRASBY CHURCH 20 CHAPEL HOUSE, TWICKENHAM (Tennyson’s first home after his marriage) 20 ELAINE 21 ALFRED TENNYSON (1867) 22 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A., 1859) 23 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the chalk drawing by M. Arnault) 24 FARRINGFORD (Tennyson’s residence at Freshwater) 25 TENNYSON (about 1871) 26 MERLIN AND VIVIEN 27 FACSIMILE OF TENNYSON’S MANUSCRIPT, “CROSSING THE BAR” 28 GLADE AT FARRINGFORD (from a water-colour drawing by Mrs. Allingham) 29 FRESHWATER 30 FRESHWATER BAY 30 GUINEVERE 31 ALFRED TENNYSON 32 TENNYSON’S LANE, HASLEMERE 33 ALDWORTH (Tennyson’s home near Haslemere) 33 TENNYSON’S MEMORIAL, BEACON HILL, FRESHWATER 34 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A.) 35 TENNYSON It was merely the accident of his hour, the call of his age, which made Tennyson a philosophic poet.

factnounUS /fækt/

a piece of information about circumstances that exist or events that have occurred

From this reading Above all, he exhibited his abstract love of the beautiful in one most personal and characteristic fact.

FARRINGFORD

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From this reading RICHARD GARNETT, C.B. ALFRED TENNYSON (from the painting by Samuel Laurence) 5 TENNYSON’S MOTHER 6 BAG ENDERBY CHURCH 6 ALFRED TENNYSON, 1838 7 OLD GRAMMAR SCHOOL, LOUTH 7 ARTHUR H. HALLAM (from the bust by Chantrey) 8 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the medallion by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 9 THE LADY OF SHALOTT 10 THE PALACE OF ART 11 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the bust by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 12 MARIANA IN THE SOUTH 13 STOCKWORTH MILL 14 CLEVEDON CHURCH 14 GERAINT AND EDYRN 15 IN MEMORIAM (“Man dies: nor is there hope in dust”) 16 IN MEMORIAM (“Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky”) 17 LADY TENNYSON 18 HORNCASTLE (the home of Emily Sellwood) 19 GRASBY CHURCH 20 CHAPEL HOUSE, TWICKENHAM (Tennyson’s first home after his marriage) 20 ELAINE 21 ALFRED TENNYSON (1867) 22 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A., 1859) 23 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the chalk drawing by M. Arnault) 24 FARRINGFORD (Tennyson’s residence at Freshwater) 25 TENNYSON (about 1871) 26 MERLIN AND VIVIEN 27 FACSIMILE OF TENNYSON’S MANUSCRIPT, “CROSSING THE BAR” 28 GLADE AT FARRINGFORD (from a water-colour drawing by Mrs. Allingham) 29 FRESHWATER 30 FRESHWATER BAY 30 GUINEVERE 31 ALFRED TENNYSON 32 TENNYSON’S LANE, HASLEMERE 33 ALDWORTH (Tennyson’s home near Haslemere) 33 TENNYSON’S MEMORIAL, BEACON HILL, FRESHWATER 34 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A.) 35 TENNYSON It was merely the accident of his hour, the call of his age, which made Tennyson a philosophic poet.

firstadjectiveUS /fɜːrst/

preceding all others in time or space or degree

From this reading RICHARD GARNETT, C.B. ALFRED TENNYSON (from the painting by Samuel Laurence) 5 TENNYSON’S MOTHER 6 BAG ENDERBY CHURCH 6 ALFRED TENNYSON, 1838 7 OLD GRAMMAR SCHOOL, LOUTH 7 ARTHUR H. HALLAM (from the bust by Chantrey) 8 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the medallion by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 9 THE LADY OF SHALOTT 10 THE PALACE OF ART 11 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the bust by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 12 MARIANA IN THE SOUTH 13 STOCKWORTH MILL 14 CLEVEDON CHURCH 14 GERAINT AND EDYRN 15 IN MEMORIAM (“Man dies: nor is there hope in dust”) 16 IN MEMORIAM (“Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky”) 17 LADY TENNYSON 18 HORNCASTLE (the home of Emily Sellwood) 19 GRASBY CHURCH 20 CHAPEL HOUSE, TWICKENHAM (Tennyson’s first home after his marriage) 20 ELAINE 21 ALFRED TENNYSON (1867) 22 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A., 1859) 23 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the chalk drawing by M. Arnault) 24 FARRINGFORD (Tennyson’s residence at Freshwater) 25 TENNYSON (about 1871) 26 MERLIN AND VIVIEN 27 FACSIMILE OF TENNYSON’S MANUSCRIPT, “CROSSING THE BAR” 28 GLADE AT FARRINGFORD (from a water-colour drawing by Mrs. Allingham) 29 FRESHWATER 30 FRESHWATER BAY 30 GUINEVERE 31 ALFRED TENNYSON 32 TENNYSON’S LANE, HASLEMERE 33 ALDWORTH (Tennyson’s home near Haslemere) 33 TENNYSON’S MEMORIAL, BEACON HILL, FRESHWATER 34 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A.) 35 TENNYSON It was merely the accident of his hour, the call of his age, which made Tennyson a philosophic poet.

FreshwaternounUS /ˈfreʃwɔːtər/

water that is not salty

From this reading RICHARD GARNETT, C.B. ALFRED TENNYSON (from the painting by Samuel Laurence) 5 TENNYSON’S MOTHER 6 BAG ENDERBY CHURCH 6 ALFRED TENNYSON, 1838 7 OLD GRAMMAR SCHOOL, LOUTH 7 ARTHUR H. HALLAM (from the bust by Chantrey) 8 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the medallion by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 9 THE LADY OF SHALOTT 10 THE PALACE OF ART 11 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the bust by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 12 MARIANA IN THE SOUTH 13 STOCKWORTH MILL 14 CLEVEDON CHURCH 14 GERAINT AND EDYRN 15 IN MEMORIAM (“Man dies: nor is there hope in dust”) 16 IN MEMORIAM (“Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky”) 17 LADY TENNYSON 18 HORNCASTLE (the home of Emily Sellwood) 19 GRASBY CHURCH 20 CHAPEL HOUSE, TWICKENHAM (Tennyson’s first home after his marriage) 20 ELAINE 21 ALFRED TENNYSON (1867) 22 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A., 1859) 23 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the chalk drawing by M. Arnault) 24 FARRINGFORD (Tennyson’s residence at Freshwater) 25 TENNYSON (about 1871) 26 MERLIN AND VIVIEN 27 FACSIMILE OF TENNYSON’S MANUSCRIPT, “CROSSING THE BAR” 28 GLADE AT FARRINGFORD (from a water-colour drawing by Mrs. Allingham) 29 FRESHWATER 30 FRESHWATER BAY 30 GUINEVERE 31 ALFRED TENNYSON 32 TENNYSON’S LANE, HASLEMERE 33 ALDWORTH (Tennyson’s home near Haslemere) 33 TENNYSON’S MEMORIAL, BEACON HILL, FRESHWATER 34 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A.) 35 TENNYSON It was merely the accident of his hour, the call of his age, which made Tennyson a philosophic poet.

fromprepositionUS /frʌm/

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading RICHARD GARNETT, C.B. ALFRED TENNYSON (from the painting by Samuel Laurence) 5 TENNYSON’S MOTHER 6 BAG ENDERBY CHURCH 6 ALFRED TENNYSON, 1838 7 OLD GRAMMAR SCHOOL, LOUTH 7 ARTHUR H. HALLAM (from the bust by Chantrey) 8 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the medallion by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 9 THE LADY OF SHALOTT 10 THE PALACE OF ART 11 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the bust by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 12 MARIANA IN THE SOUTH 13 STOCKWORTH MILL 14 CLEVEDON CHURCH 14 GERAINT AND EDYRN 15 IN MEMORIAM (“Man dies: nor is there hope in dust”) 16 IN MEMORIAM (“Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky”) 17 LADY TENNYSON 18 HORNCASTLE (the home of Emily Sellwood) 19 GRASBY CHURCH 20 CHAPEL HOUSE, TWICKENHAM (Tennyson’s first home after his marriage) 20 ELAINE 21 ALFRED TENNYSON (1867) 22 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A., 1859) 23 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the chalk drawing by M. Arnault) 24 FARRINGFORD (Tennyson’s residence at Freshwater) 25 TENNYSON (about 1871) 26 MERLIN AND VIVIEN 27 FACSIMILE OF TENNYSON’S MANUSCRIPT, “CROSSING THE BAR” 28 GLADE AT FARRINGFORD (from a water-colour drawing by Mrs. Allingham) 29 FRESHWATER 30 FRESHWATER BAY 30 GUINEVERE 31 ALFRED TENNYSON 32 TENNYSON’S LANE, HASLEMERE 33 ALDWORTH (Tennyson’s home near Haslemere) 33 TENNYSON’S MEMORIAL, BEACON HILL, FRESHWATER 34 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A.) 35 TENNYSON It was merely the accident of his hour, the call of his age, which made Tennyson a philosophic poet.

GnounUS /dʒiː/

a metric unit of weight equal to one thousandth of a kilogram

From this reading RICHARD GARNETT, C.B. ALFRED TENNYSON (from the painting by Samuel Laurence) 5 TENNYSON’S MOTHER 6 BAG ENDERBY CHURCH 6 ALFRED TENNYSON, 1838 7 OLD GRAMMAR SCHOOL, LOUTH 7 ARTHUR H. HALLAM (from the bust by Chantrey) 8 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the medallion by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 9 THE LADY OF SHALOTT 10 THE PALACE OF ART 11 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the bust by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 12 MARIANA IN THE SOUTH 13 STOCKWORTH MILL 14 CLEVEDON CHURCH 14 GERAINT AND EDYRN 15 IN MEMORIAM (“Man dies: nor is there hope in dust”) 16 IN MEMORIAM (“Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky”) 17 LADY TENNYSON 18 HORNCASTLE (the home of Emily Sellwood) 19 GRASBY CHURCH 20 CHAPEL HOUSE, TWICKENHAM (Tennyson’s first home after his marriage) 20 ELAINE 21 ALFRED TENNYSON (1867) 22 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A., 1859) 23 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the chalk drawing by M. Arnault) 24 FARRINGFORD (Tennyson’s residence at Freshwater) 25 TENNYSON (about 1871) 26 MERLIN AND VIVIEN 27 FACSIMILE OF TENNYSON’S MANUSCRIPT, “CROSSING THE BAR” 28 GLADE AT FARRINGFORD (from a water-colour drawing by Mrs. Allingham) 29 FRESHWATER 30 FRESHWATER BAY 30 GUINEVERE 31 ALFRED TENNYSON 32 TENNYSON’S LANE, HASLEMERE 33 ALDWORTH (Tennyson’s home near Haslemere) 33 TENNYSON’S MEMORIAL, BEACON HILL, FRESHWATER 34 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A.) 35 TENNYSON It was merely the accident of his hour, the call of his age, which made Tennyson a philosophic poet.

GARNETT

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From this reading RICHARD GARNETT, C.B. ALFRED TENNYSON (from the painting by Samuel Laurence) 5 TENNYSON’S MOTHER 6 BAG ENDERBY CHURCH 6 ALFRED TENNYSON, 1838 7 OLD GRAMMAR SCHOOL, LOUTH 7 ARTHUR H. HALLAM (from the bust by Chantrey) 8 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the medallion by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 9 THE LADY OF SHALOTT 10 THE PALACE OF ART 11 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the bust by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 12 MARIANA IN THE SOUTH 13 STOCKWORTH MILL 14 CLEVEDON CHURCH 14 GERAINT AND EDYRN 15 IN MEMORIAM (“Man dies: nor is there hope in dust”) 16 IN MEMORIAM (“Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky”) 17 LADY TENNYSON 18 HORNCASTLE (the home of Emily Sellwood) 19 GRASBY CHURCH 20 CHAPEL HOUSE, TWICKENHAM (Tennyson’s first home after his marriage) 20 ELAINE 21 ALFRED TENNYSON (1867) 22 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A., 1859) 23 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the chalk drawing by M. Arnault) 24 FARRINGFORD (Tennyson’s residence at Freshwater) 25 TENNYSON (about 1871) 26 MERLIN AND VIVIEN 27 FACSIMILE OF TENNYSON’S MANUSCRIPT, “CROSSING THE BAR” 28 GLADE AT FARRINGFORD (from a water-colour drawing by Mrs. Allingham) 29 FRESHWATER 30 FRESHWATER BAY 30 GUINEVERE 31 ALFRED TENNYSON 32 TENNYSON’S LANE, HASLEMERE 33 ALDWORTH (Tennyson’s home near Haslemere) 33 TENNYSON’S MEMORIAL, BEACON HILL, FRESHWATER 34 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A.) 35 TENNYSON It was merely the accident of his hour, the call of his age, which made Tennyson a philosophic poet.

gaveverbUS /ɡeɪv/

inflected form of “give” — cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense

From this reading He gave us scenes of Nature that cannot easily be surpassed, but he chose them like a landscape painter rather than like a religious poet.

GERAINTnoun

(Arthurian legend) one of the knights of the Round Table

From this reading RICHARD GARNETT, C.B. ALFRED TENNYSON (from the painting by Samuel Laurence) 5 TENNYSON’S MOTHER 6 BAG ENDERBY CHURCH 6 ALFRED TENNYSON, 1838 7 OLD GRAMMAR SCHOOL, LOUTH 7 ARTHUR H. HALLAM (from the bust by Chantrey) 8 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the medallion by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 9 THE LADY OF SHALOTT 10 THE PALACE OF ART 11 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the bust by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 12 MARIANA IN THE SOUTH 13 STOCKWORTH MILL 14 CLEVEDON CHURCH 14 GERAINT AND EDYRN 15 IN MEMORIAM (“Man dies: nor is there hope in dust”) 16 IN MEMORIAM (“Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky”) 17 LADY TENNYSON 18 HORNCASTLE (the home of Emily Sellwood) 19 GRASBY CHURCH 20 CHAPEL HOUSE, TWICKENHAM (Tennyson’s first home after his marriage) 20 ELAINE 21 ALFRED TENNYSON (1867) 22 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A., 1859) 23 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the chalk drawing by M. Arnault) 24 FARRINGFORD (Tennyson’s residence at Freshwater) 25 TENNYSON (about 1871) 26 MERLIN AND VIVIEN 27 FACSIMILE OF TENNYSON’S MANUSCRIPT, “CROSSING THE BAR” 28 GLADE AT FARRINGFORD (from a water-colour drawing by Mrs. Allingham) 29 FRESHWATER 30 FRESHWATER BAY 30 GUINEVERE 31 ALFRED TENNYSON 32 TENNYSON’S LANE, HASLEMERE 33 ALDWORTH (Tennyson’s home near Haslemere) 33 TENNYSON’S MEMORIAL, BEACON HILL, FRESHWATER 34 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A.) 35 TENNYSON It was merely the accident of his hour, the call of his age, which made Tennyson a philosophic poet.

GLADEnounUS /ɡleɪd/

a tract of land with few or no trees in the middle of a wooded area

From this reading RICHARD GARNETT, C.B. ALFRED TENNYSON (from the painting by Samuel Laurence) 5 TENNYSON’S MOTHER 6 BAG ENDERBY CHURCH 6 ALFRED TENNYSON, 1838 7 OLD GRAMMAR SCHOOL, LOUTH 7 ARTHUR H. HALLAM (from the bust by Chantrey) 8 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the medallion by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 9 THE LADY OF SHALOTT 10 THE PALACE OF ART 11 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the bust by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 12 MARIANA IN THE SOUTH 13 STOCKWORTH MILL 14 CLEVEDON CHURCH 14 GERAINT AND EDYRN 15 IN MEMORIAM (“Man dies: nor is there hope in dust”) 16 IN MEMORIAM (“Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky”) 17 LADY TENNYSON 18 HORNCASTLE (the home of Emily Sellwood) 19 GRASBY CHURCH 20 CHAPEL HOUSE, TWICKENHAM (Tennyson’s first home after his marriage) 20 ELAINE 21 ALFRED TENNYSON (1867) 22 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A., 1859) 23 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the chalk drawing by M. Arnault) 24 FARRINGFORD (Tennyson’s residence at Freshwater) 25 TENNYSON (about 1871) 26 MERLIN AND VIVIEN 27 FACSIMILE OF TENNYSON’S MANUSCRIPT, “CROSSING THE BAR” 28 GLADE AT FARRINGFORD (from a water-colour drawing by Mrs. Allingham) 29 FRESHWATER 30 FRESHWATER BAY 30 GUINEVERE 31 ALFRED TENNYSON 32 TENNYSON’S LANE, HASLEMERE 33 ALDWORTH (Tennyson’s home near Haslemere) 33 TENNYSON’S MEMORIAL, BEACON HILL, FRESHWATER 34 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A.) 35 TENNYSON It was merely the accident of his hour, the call of his age, which made Tennyson a philosophic poet.

GRAMMARnounUS /ˈɡræmər/

the branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology (and sometimes also deals with semantics)

From this reading RICHARD GARNETT, C.B. ALFRED TENNYSON (from the painting by Samuel Laurence) 5 TENNYSON’S MOTHER 6 BAG ENDERBY CHURCH 6 ALFRED TENNYSON, 1838 7 OLD GRAMMAR SCHOOL, LOUTH 7 ARTHUR H. HALLAM (from the bust by Chantrey) 8 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the medallion by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 9 THE LADY OF SHALOTT 10 THE PALACE OF ART 11 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the bust by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 12 MARIANA IN THE SOUTH 13 STOCKWORTH MILL 14 CLEVEDON CHURCH 14 GERAINT AND EDYRN 15 IN MEMORIAM (“Man dies: nor is there hope in dust”) 16 IN MEMORIAM (“Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky”) 17 LADY TENNYSON 18 HORNCASTLE (the home of Emily Sellwood) 19 GRASBY CHURCH 20 CHAPEL HOUSE, TWICKENHAM (Tennyson’s first home after his marriage) 20 ELAINE 21 ALFRED TENNYSON (1867) 22 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A., 1859) 23 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the chalk drawing by M. Arnault) 24 FARRINGFORD (Tennyson’s residence at Freshwater) 25 TENNYSON (about 1871) 26 MERLIN AND VIVIEN 27 FACSIMILE OF TENNYSON’S MANUSCRIPT, “CROSSING THE BAR” 28 GLADE AT FARRINGFORD (from a water-colour drawing by Mrs. Allingham) 29 FRESHWATER 30 FRESHWATER BAY 30 GUINEVERE 31 ALFRED TENNYSON 32 TENNYSON’S LANE, HASLEMERE 33 ALDWORTH (Tennyson’s home near Haslemere) 33 TENNYSON’S MEMORIAL, BEACON HILL, FRESHWATER 34 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A.) 35 TENNYSON It was merely the accident of his hour, the call of his age, which made Tennyson a philosophic poet.

GRASBY

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From this reading RICHARD GARNETT, C.B. ALFRED TENNYSON (from the painting by Samuel Laurence) 5 TENNYSON’S MOTHER 6 BAG ENDERBY CHURCH 6 ALFRED TENNYSON, 1838 7 OLD GRAMMAR SCHOOL, LOUTH 7 ARTHUR H. HALLAM (from the bust by Chantrey) 8 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the medallion by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 9 THE LADY OF SHALOTT 10 THE PALACE OF ART 11 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the bust by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 12 MARIANA IN THE SOUTH 13 STOCKWORTH MILL 14 CLEVEDON CHURCH 14 GERAINT AND EDYRN 15 IN MEMORIAM (“Man dies: nor is there hope in dust”) 16 IN MEMORIAM (“Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky”) 17 LADY TENNYSON 18 HORNCASTLE (the home of Emily Sellwood) 19 GRASBY CHURCH 20 CHAPEL HOUSE, TWICKENHAM (Tennyson’s first home after his marriage) 20 ELAINE 21 ALFRED TENNYSON (1867) 22 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A., 1859) 23 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the chalk drawing by M. Arnault) 24 FARRINGFORD (Tennyson’s residence at Freshwater) 25 TENNYSON (about 1871) 26 MERLIN AND VIVIEN 27 FACSIMILE OF TENNYSON’S MANUSCRIPT, “CROSSING THE BAR” 28 GLADE AT FARRINGFORD (from a water-colour drawing by Mrs. Allingham) 29 FRESHWATER 30 FRESHWATER BAY 30 GUINEVERE 31 ALFRED TENNYSON 32 TENNYSON’S LANE, HASLEMERE 33 ALDWORTH (Tennyson’s home near Haslemere) 33 TENNYSON’S MEMORIAL, BEACON HILL, FRESHWATER 34 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A.) 35 TENNYSON It was merely the accident of his hour, the call of his age, which made Tennyson a philosophic poet.

GUINEVEREnoun

(Arthurian legend) wife of King Arthur; in some versions of the legend she became Lancelot's lover and that led to the end of the Knights of the Round Table

From this reading RICHARD GARNETT, C.B. ALFRED TENNYSON (from the painting by Samuel Laurence) 5 TENNYSON’S MOTHER 6 BAG ENDERBY CHURCH 6 ALFRED TENNYSON, 1838 7 OLD GRAMMAR SCHOOL, LOUTH 7 ARTHUR H. HALLAM (from the bust by Chantrey) 8 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the medallion by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 9 THE LADY OF SHALOTT 10 THE PALACE OF ART 11 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the bust by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 12 MARIANA IN THE SOUTH 13 STOCKWORTH MILL 14 CLEVEDON CHURCH 14 GERAINT AND EDYRN 15 IN MEMORIAM (“Man dies: nor is there hope in dust”) 16 IN MEMORIAM (“Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky”) 17 LADY TENNYSON 18 HORNCASTLE (the home of Emily Sellwood) 19 GRASBY CHURCH 20 CHAPEL HOUSE, TWICKENHAM (Tennyson’s first home after his marriage) 20 ELAINE 21 ALFRED TENNYSON (1867) 22 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A., 1859) 23 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the chalk drawing by M. Arnault) 24 FARRINGFORD (Tennyson’s residence at Freshwater) 25 TENNYSON (about 1871) 26 MERLIN AND VIVIEN 27 FACSIMILE OF TENNYSON’S MANUSCRIPT, “CROSSING THE BAR” 28 GLADE AT FARRINGFORD (from a water-colour drawing by Mrs. Allingham) 29 FRESHWATER 30 FRESHWATER BAY 30 GUINEVERE 31 ALFRED TENNYSON 32 TENNYSON’S LANE, HASLEMERE 33 ALDWORTH (Tennyson’s home near Haslemere) 33 TENNYSON’S MEMORIAL, BEACON HILL, FRESHWATER 34 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A.) 35 TENNYSON It was merely the accident of his hour, the call of his age, which made Tennyson a philosophic poet.

HnounUS /eɪtʃ/

a nonmetallic univalent element that is normally a colorless and odorless highly flammable diatomic gas; the simplest and lightest and most abundant element in the universe

From this reading RICHARD GARNETT, C.B. ALFRED TENNYSON (from the painting by Samuel Laurence) 5 TENNYSON’S MOTHER 6 BAG ENDERBY CHURCH 6 ALFRED TENNYSON, 1838 7 OLD GRAMMAR SCHOOL, LOUTH 7 ARTHUR H. HALLAM (from the bust by Chantrey) 8 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the medallion by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 9 THE LADY OF SHALOTT 10 THE PALACE OF ART 11 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the bust by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 12 MARIANA IN THE SOUTH 13 STOCKWORTH MILL 14 CLEVEDON CHURCH 14 GERAINT AND EDYRN 15 IN MEMORIAM (“Man dies: nor is there hope in dust”) 16 IN MEMORIAM (“Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky”) 17 LADY TENNYSON 18 HORNCASTLE (the home of Emily Sellwood) 19 GRASBY CHURCH 20 CHAPEL HOUSE, TWICKENHAM (Tennyson’s first home after his marriage) 20 ELAINE 21 ALFRED TENNYSON (1867) 22 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A., 1859) 23 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the chalk drawing by M. Arnault) 24 FARRINGFORD (Tennyson’s residence at Freshwater) 25 TENNYSON (about 1871) 26 MERLIN AND VIVIEN 27 FACSIMILE OF TENNYSON’S MANUSCRIPT, “CROSSING THE BAR” 28 GLADE AT FARRINGFORD (from a water-colour drawing by Mrs. Allingham) 29 FRESHWATER 30 FRESHWATER BAY 30 GUINEVERE 31 ALFRED TENNYSON 32 TENNYSON’S LANE, HASLEMERE 33 ALDWORTH (Tennyson’s home near Haslemere) 33 TENNYSON’S MEMORIAL, BEACON HILL, FRESHWATER 34 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A.) 35 TENNYSON It was merely the accident of his hour, the call of his age, which made Tennyson a philosophic poet.

HALLAM

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From this reading RICHARD GARNETT, C.B. ALFRED TENNYSON (from the painting by Samuel Laurence) 5 TENNYSON’S MOTHER 6 BAG ENDERBY CHURCH 6 ALFRED TENNYSON, 1838 7 OLD GRAMMAR SCHOOL, LOUTH 7 ARTHUR H. HALLAM (from the bust by Chantrey) 8 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the medallion by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 9 THE LADY OF SHALOTT 10 THE PALACE OF ART 11 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the bust by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 12 MARIANA IN THE SOUTH 13 STOCKWORTH MILL 14 CLEVEDON CHURCH 14 GERAINT AND EDYRN 15 IN MEMORIAM (“Man dies: nor is there hope in dust”) 16 IN MEMORIAM (“Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky”) 17 LADY TENNYSON 18 HORNCASTLE (the home of Emily Sellwood) 19 GRASBY CHURCH 20 CHAPEL HOUSE, TWICKENHAM (Tennyson’s first home after his marriage) 20 ELAINE 21 ALFRED TENNYSON (1867) 22 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A., 1859) 23 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the chalk drawing by M. Arnault) 24 FARRINGFORD (Tennyson’s residence at Freshwater) 25 TENNYSON (about 1871) 26 MERLIN AND VIVIEN 27 FACSIMILE OF TENNYSON’S MANUSCRIPT, “CROSSING THE BAR” 28 GLADE AT FARRINGFORD (from a water-colour drawing by Mrs. Allingham) 29 FRESHWATER 30 FRESHWATER BAY 30 GUINEVERE 31 ALFRED TENNYSON 32 TENNYSON’S LANE, HASLEMERE 33 ALDWORTH (Tennyson’s home near Haslemere) 33 TENNYSON’S MEMORIAL, BEACON HILL, FRESHWATER 34 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A.) 35 TENNYSON It was merely the accident of his hour, the call of his age, which made Tennyson a philosophic poet.

HASLEMERE

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From this reading RICHARD GARNETT, C.B. ALFRED TENNYSON (from the painting by Samuel Laurence) 5 TENNYSON’S MOTHER 6 BAG ENDERBY CHURCH 6 ALFRED TENNYSON, 1838 7 OLD GRAMMAR SCHOOL, LOUTH 7 ARTHUR H. HALLAM (from the bust by Chantrey) 8 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the medallion by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 9 THE LADY OF SHALOTT 10 THE PALACE OF ART 11 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the bust by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 12 MARIANA IN THE SOUTH 13 STOCKWORTH MILL 14 CLEVEDON CHURCH 14 GERAINT AND EDYRN 15 IN MEMORIAM (“Man dies: nor is there hope in dust”) 16 IN MEMORIAM (“Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky”) 17 LADY TENNYSON 18 HORNCASTLE (the home of Emily Sellwood) 19 GRASBY CHURCH 20 CHAPEL HOUSE, TWICKENHAM (Tennyson’s first home after his marriage) 20 ELAINE 21 ALFRED TENNYSON (1867) 22 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A., 1859) 23 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the chalk drawing by M. Arnault) 24 FARRINGFORD (Tennyson’s residence at Freshwater) 25 TENNYSON (about 1871) 26 MERLIN AND VIVIEN 27 FACSIMILE OF TENNYSON’S MANUSCRIPT, “CROSSING THE BAR” 28 GLADE AT FARRINGFORD (from a water-colour drawing by Mrs. Allingham) 29 FRESHWATER 30 FRESHWATER BAY 30 GUINEVERE 31 ALFRED TENNYSON 32 TENNYSON’S LANE, HASLEMERE 33 ALDWORTH (Tennyson’s home near Haslemere) 33 TENNYSON’S MEMORIAL, BEACON HILL, FRESHWATER 34 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A.) 35 TENNYSON It was merely the accident of his hour, the call of his age, which made Tennyson a philosophic poet.

HepronounUS /hiː/

a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading He was naturally not only a pure lover of beauty, but a pure lover of beauty in a much more peculiar and distinguished sense even than a man like Keats, or a man like Robert Bridges.

HILLnounUS /hɪl/

a local and well-defined elevation of the land

From this reading RICHARD GARNETT, C.B. ALFRED TENNYSON (from the painting by Samuel Laurence) 5 TENNYSON’S MOTHER 6 BAG ENDERBY CHURCH 6 ALFRED TENNYSON, 1838 7 OLD GRAMMAR SCHOOL, LOUTH 7 ARTHUR H. HALLAM (from the bust by Chantrey) 8 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the medallion by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 9 THE LADY OF SHALOTT 10 THE PALACE OF ART 11 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the bust by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 12 MARIANA IN THE SOUTH 13 STOCKWORTH MILL 14 CLEVEDON CHURCH 14 GERAINT AND EDYRN 15 IN MEMORIAM (“Man dies: nor is there hope in dust”) 16 IN MEMORIAM (“Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky”) 17 LADY TENNYSON 18 HORNCASTLE (the home of Emily Sellwood) 19 GRASBY CHURCH 20 CHAPEL HOUSE, TWICKENHAM (Tennyson’s first home after his marriage) 20 ELAINE 21 ALFRED TENNYSON (1867) 22 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A., 1859) 23 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the chalk drawing by M. Arnault) 24 FARRINGFORD (Tennyson’s residence at Freshwater) 25 TENNYSON (about 1871) 26 MERLIN AND VIVIEN 27 FACSIMILE OF TENNYSON’S MANUSCRIPT, “CROSSING THE BAR” 28 GLADE AT FARRINGFORD (from a water-colour drawing by Mrs. Allingham) 29 FRESHWATER 30 FRESHWATER BAY 30 GUINEVERE 31 ALFRED TENNYSON 32 TENNYSON’S LANE, HASLEMERE 33 ALDWORTH (Tennyson’s home near Haslemere) 33 TENNYSON’S MEMORIAL, BEACON HILL, FRESHWATER 34 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A.) 35 TENNYSON It was merely the accident of his hour, the call of his age, which made Tennyson a philosophic poet.

hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading RICHARD GARNETT, C.B. ALFRED TENNYSON (from the painting by Samuel Laurence) 5 TENNYSON’S MOTHER 6 BAG ENDERBY CHURCH 6 ALFRED TENNYSON, 1838 7 OLD GRAMMAR SCHOOL, LOUTH 7 ARTHUR H. HALLAM (from the bust by Chantrey) 8 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the medallion by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 9 THE LADY OF SHALOTT 10 THE PALACE OF ART 11 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the bust by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 12 MARIANA IN THE SOUTH 13 STOCKWORTH MILL 14 CLEVEDON CHURCH 14 GERAINT AND EDYRN 15 IN MEMORIAM (“Man dies: nor is there hope in dust”) 16 IN MEMORIAM (“Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky”) 17 LADY TENNYSON 18 HORNCASTLE (the home of Emily Sellwood) 19 GRASBY CHURCH 20 CHAPEL HOUSE, TWICKENHAM (Tennyson’s first home after his marriage) 20 ELAINE 21 ALFRED TENNYSON (1867) 22 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A., 1859) 23 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the chalk drawing by M. Arnault) 24 FARRINGFORD (Tennyson’s residence at Freshwater) 25 TENNYSON (about 1871) 26 MERLIN AND VIVIEN 27 FACSIMILE OF TENNYSON’S MANUSCRIPT, “CROSSING THE BAR” 28 GLADE AT FARRINGFORD (from a water-colour drawing by Mrs. Allingham) 29 FRESHWATER 30 FRESHWATER BAY 30 GUINEVERE 31 ALFRED TENNYSON 32 TENNYSON’S LANE, HASLEMERE 33 ALDWORTH (Tennyson’s home near Haslemere) 33 TENNYSON’S MEMORIAL, BEACON HILL, FRESHWATER 34 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A.) 35 TENNYSON It was merely the accident of his hour, the call of his age, which made Tennyson a philosophic poet.

homenounUS /hoʊm/

where you live at a particular time

From this reading RICHARD GARNETT, C.B. ALFRED TENNYSON (from the painting by Samuel Laurence) 5 TENNYSON’S MOTHER 6 BAG ENDERBY CHURCH 6 ALFRED TENNYSON, 1838 7 OLD GRAMMAR SCHOOL, LOUTH 7 ARTHUR H. HALLAM (from the bust by Chantrey) 8 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the medallion by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 9 THE LADY OF SHALOTT 10 THE PALACE OF ART 11 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the bust by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 12 MARIANA IN THE SOUTH 13 STOCKWORTH MILL 14 CLEVEDON CHURCH 14 GERAINT AND EDYRN 15 IN MEMORIAM (“Man dies: nor is there hope in dust”) 16 IN MEMORIAM (“Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky”) 17 LADY TENNYSON 18 HORNCASTLE (the home of Emily Sellwood) 19 GRASBY CHURCH 20 CHAPEL HOUSE, TWICKENHAM (Tennyson’s first home after his marriage) 20 ELAINE 21 ALFRED TENNYSON (1867) 22 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A., 1859) 23 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the chalk drawing by M. Arnault) 24 FARRINGFORD (Tennyson’s residence at Freshwater) 25 TENNYSON (about 1871) 26 MERLIN AND VIVIEN 27 FACSIMILE OF TENNYSON’S MANUSCRIPT, “CROSSING THE BAR” 28 GLADE AT FARRINGFORD (from a water-colour drawing by Mrs. Allingham) 29 FRESHWATER 30 FRESHWATER BAY 30 GUINEVERE 31 ALFRED TENNYSON 32 TENNYSON’S LANE, HASLEMERE 33 ALDWORTH (Tennyson’s home near Haslemere) 33 TENNYSON’S MEMORIAL, BEACON HILL, FRESHWATER 34 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A.) 35 TENNYSON It was merely the accident of his hour, the call of his age, which made Tennyson a philosophic poet.

hopenounUS /hoʊp/

a specific instance of feeling hopeful

From this reading RICHARD GARNETT, C.B. ALFRED TENNYSON (from the painting by Samuel Laurence) 5 TENNYSON’S MOTHER 6 BAG ENDERBY CHURCH 6 ALFRED TENNYSON, 1838 7 OLD GRAMMAR SCHOOL, LOUTH 7 ARTHUR H. HALLAM (from the bust by Chantrey) 8 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the medallion by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 9 THE LADY OF SHALOTT 10 THE PALACE OF ART 11 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the bust by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 12 MARIANA IN THE SOUTH 13 STOCKWORTH MILL 14 CLEVEDON CHURCH 14 GERAINT AND EDYRN 15 IN MEMORIAM (“Man dies: nor is there hope in dust”) 16 IN MEMORIAM (“Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky”) 17 LADY TENNYSON 18 HORNCASTLE (the home of Emily Sellwood) 19 GRASBY CHURCH 20 CHAPEL HOUSE, TWICKENHAM (Tennyson’s first home after his marriage) 20 ELAINE 21 ALFRED TENNYSON (1867) 22 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A., 1859) 23 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the chalk drawing by M. Arnault) 24 FARRINGFORD (Tennyson’s residence at Freshwater) 25 TENNYSON (about 1871) 26 MERLIN AND VIVIEN 27 FACSIMILE OF TENNYSON’S MANUSCRIPT, “CROSSING THE BAR” 28 GLADE AT FARRINGFORD (from a water-colour drawing by Mrs. Allingham) 29 FRESHWATER 30 FRESHWATER BAY 30 GUINEVERE 31 ALFRED TENNYSON 32 TENNYSON’S LANE, HASLEMERE 33 ALDWORTH (Tennyson’s home near Haslemere) 33 TENNYSON’S MEMORIAL, BEACON HILL, FRESHWATER 34 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A.) 35 TENNYSON It was merely the accident of his hour, the call of his age, which made Tennyson a philosophic poet.

HORNCASTLE

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From this reading RICHARD GARNETT, C.B. ALFRED TENNYSON (from the painting by Samuel Laurence) 5 TENNYSON’S MOTHER 6 BAG ENDERBY CHURCH 6 ALFRED TENNYSON, 1838 7 OLD GRAMMAR SCHOOL, LOUTH 7 ARTHUR H. HALLAM (from the bust by Chantrey) 8 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the medallion by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 9 THE LADY OF SHALOTT 10 THE PALACE OF ART 11 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the bust by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 12 MARIANA IN THE SOUTH 13 STOCKWORTH MILL 14 CLEVEDON CHURCH 14 GERAINT AND EDYRN 15 IN MEMORIAM (“Man dies: nor is there hope in dust”) 16 IN MEMORIAM (“Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky”) 17 LADY TENNYSON 18 HORNCASTLE (the home of Emily Sellwood) 19 GRASBY CHURCH 20 CHAPEL HOUSE, TWICKENHAM (Tennyson’s first home after his marriage) 20 ELAINE 21 ALFRED TENNYSON (1867) 22 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A., 1859) 23 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the chalk drawing by M. Arnault) 24 FARRINGFORD (Tennyson’s residence at Freshwater) 25 TENNYSON (about 1871) 26 MERLIN AND VIVIEN 27 FACSIMILE OF TENNYSON’S MANUSCRIPT, “CROSSING THE BAR” 28 GLADE AT FARRINGFORD (from a water-colour drawing by Mrs. Allingham) 29 FRESHWATER 30 FRESHWATER BAY 30 GUINEVERE 31 ALFRED TENNYSON 32 TENNYSON’S LANE, HASLEMERE 33 ALDWORTH (Tennyson’s home near Haslemere) 33 TENNYSON’S MEMORIAL, BEACON HILL, FRESHWATER 34 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A.) 35 TENNYSON It was merely the accident of his hour, the call of his age, which made Tennyson a philosophic poet.

hournounUS /ˈaʊər/

a period of time equal to 1/24th of a day

From this reading RICHARD GARNETT, C.B. ALFRED TENNYSON (from the painting by Samuel Laurence) 5 TENNYSON’S MOTHER 6 BAG ENDERBY CHURCH 6 ALFRED TENNYSON, 1838 7 OLD GRAMMAR SCHOOL, LOUTH 7 ARTHUR H. HALLAM (from the bust by Chantrey) 8 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the medallion by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 9 THE LADY OF SHALOTT 10 THE PALACE OF ART 11 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the bust by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 12 MARIANA IN THE SOUTH 13 STOCKWORTH MILL 14 CLEVEDON CHURCH 14 GERAINT AND EDYRN 15 IN MEMORIAM (“Man dies: nor is there hope in dust”) 16 IN MEMORIAM (“Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky”) 17 LADY TENNYSON 18 HORNCASTLE (the home of Emily Sellwood) 19 GRASBY CHURCH 20 CHAPEL HOUSE, TWICKENHAM (Tennyson’s first home after his marriage) 20 ELAINE 21 ALFRED TENNYSON (1867) 22 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A., 1859) 23 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the chalk drawing by M. Arnault) 24 FARRINGFORD (Tennyson’s residence at Freshwater) 25 TENNYSON (about 1871) 26 MERLIN AND VIVIEN 27 FACSIMILE OF TENNYSON’S MANUSCRIPT, “CROSSING THE BAR” 28 GLADE AT FARRINGFORD (from a water-colour drawing by Mrs. Allingham) 29 FRESHWATER 30 FRESHWATER BAY 30 GUINEVERE 31 ALFRED TENNYSON 32 TENNYSON’S LANE, HASLEMERE 33 ALDWORTH (Tennyson’s home near Haslemere) 33 TENNYSON’S MEMORIAL, BEACON HILL, FRESHWATER 34 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A.) 35 TENNYSON It was merely the accident of his hour, the call of his age, which made Tennyson a philosophic poet.

HOUSEnounUS /haʊs/

a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families

From this reading RICHARD GARNETT, C.B. ALFRED TENNYSON (from the painting by Samuel Laurence) 5 TENNYSON’S MOTHER 6 BAG ENDERBY CHURCH 6 ALFRED TENNYSON, 1838 7 OLD GRAMMAR SCHOOL, LOUTH 7 ARTHUR H. HALLAM (from the bust by Chantrey) 8 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the medallion by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 9 THE LADY OF SHALOTT 10 THE PALACE OF ART 11 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the bust by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 12 MARIANA IN THE SOUTH 13 STOCKWORTH MILL 14 CLEVEDON CHURCH 14 GERAINT AND EDYRN 15 IN MEMORIAM (“Man dies: nor is there hope in dust”) 16 IN MEMORIAM (“Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky”) 17 LADY TENNYSON 18 HORNCASTLE (the home of Emily Sellwood) 19 GRASBY CHURCH 20 CHAPEL HOUSE, TWICKENHAM (Tennyson’s first home after his marriage) 20 ELAINE 21 ALFRED TENNYSON (1867) 22 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A., 1859) 23 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the chalk drawing by M. Arnault) 24 FARRINGFORD (Tennyson’s residence at Freshwater) 25 TENNYSON (about 1871) 26 MERLIN AND VIVIEN 27 FACSIMILE OF TENNYSON’S MANUSCRIPT, “CROSSING THE BAR” 28 GLADE AT FARRINGFORD (from a water-colour drawing by Mrs. Allingham) 29 FRESHWATER 30 FRESHWATER BAY 30 GUINEVERE 31 ALFRED TENNYSON 32 TENNYSON’S LANE, HASLEMERE 33 ALDWORTH (Tennyson’s home near Haslemere) 33 TENNYSON’S MEMORIAL, BEACON HILL, FRESHWATER 34 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A.) 35 TENNYSON It was merely the accident of his hour, the call of his age, which made Tennyson a philosophic poet.

INprepositionUS /ɪn/

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading RICHARD GARNETT, C.B. ALFRED TENNYSON (from the painting by Samuel Laurence) 5 TENNYSON’S MOTHER 6 BAG ENDERBY CHURCH 6 ALFRED TENNYSON, 1838 7 OLD GRAMMAR SCHOOL, LOUTH 7 ARTHUR H. HALLAM (from the bust by Chantrey) 8 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the medallion by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 9 THE LADY OF SHALOTT 10 THE PALACE OF ART 11 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the bust by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 12 MARIANA IN THE SOUTH 13 STOCKWORTH MILL 14 CLEVEDON CHURCH 14 GERAINT AND EDYRN 15 IN MEMORIAM (“Man dies: nor is there hope in dust”) 16 IN MEMORIAM (“Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky”) 17 LADY TENNYSON 18 HORNCASTLE (the home of Emily Sellwood) 19 GRASBY CHURCH 20 CHAPEL HOUSE, TWICKENHAM (Tennyson’s first home after his marriage) 20 ELAINE 21 ALFRED TENNYSON (1867) 22 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A., 1859) 23 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the chalk drawing by M. Arnault) 24 FARRINGFORD (Tennyson’s residence at Freshwater) 25 TENNYSON (about 1871) 26 MERLIN AND VIVIEN 27 FACSIMILE OF TENNYSON’S MANUSCRIPT, “CROSSING THE BAR” 28 GLADE AT FARRINGFORD (from a water-colour drawing by Mrs. Allingham) 29 FRESHWATER 30 FRESHWATER BAY 30 GUINEVERE 31 ALFRED TENNYSON 32 TENNYSON’S LANE, HASLEMERE 33 ALDWORTH (Tennyson’s home near Haslemere) 33 TENNYSON’S MEMORIAL, BEACON HILL, FRESHWATER 34 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A.) 35 TENNYSON It was merely the accident of his hour, the call of his age, which made Tennyson a philosophic poet.

isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/

the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading RICHARD GARNETT, C.B. ALFRED TENNYSON (from the painting by Samuel Laurence) 5 TENNYSON’S MOTHER 6 BAG ENDERBY CHURCH 6 ALFRED TENNYSON, 1838 7 OLD GRAMMAR SCHOOL, LOUTH 7 ARTHUR H. HALLAM (from the bust by Chantrey) 8 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the medallion by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 9 THE LADY OF SHALOTT 10 THE PALACE OF ART 11 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the bust by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 12 MARIANA IN THE SOUTH 13 STOCKWORTH MILL 14 CLEVEDON CHURCH 14 GERAINT AND EDYRN 15 IN MEMORIAM (“Man dies: nor is there hope in dust”) 16 IN MEMORIAM (“Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky”) 17 LADY TENNYSON 18 HORNCASTLE (the home of Emily Sellwood) 19 GRASBY CHURCH 20 CHAPEL HOUSE, TWICKENHAM (Tennyson’s first home after his marriage) 20 ELAINE 21 ALFRED TENNYSON (1867) 22 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A., 1859) 23 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the chalk drawing by M. Arnault) 24 FARRINGFORD (Tennyson’s residence at Freshwater) 25 TENNYSON (about 1871) 26 MERLIN AND VIVIEN 27 FACSIMILE OF TENNYSON’S MANUSCRIPT, “CROSSING THE BAR” 28 GLADE AT FARRINGFORD (from a water-colour drawing by Mrs. Allingham) 29 FRESHWATER 30 FRESHWATER BAY 30 GUINEVERE 31 ALFRED TENNYSON 32 TENNYSON’S LANE, HASLEMERE 33 ALDWORTH (Tennyson’s home near Haslemere) 33 TENNYSON’S MEMORIAL, BEACON HILL, FRESHWATER 34 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A.) 35 TENNYSON It was merely the accident of his hour, the call of his age, which made Tennyson a philosophic poet.

ItpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading RICHARD GARNETT, C.B. ALFRED TENNYSON (from the painting by Samuel Laurence) 5 TENNYSON’S MOTHER 6 BAG ENDERBY CHURCH 6 ALFRED TENNYSON, 1838 7 OLD GRAMMAR SCHOOL, LOUTH 7 ARTHUR H. HALLAM (from the bust by Chantrey) 8 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the medallion by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 9 THE LADY OF SHALOTT 10 THE PALACE OF ART 11 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the bust by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 12 MARIANA IN THE SOUTH 13 STOCKWORTH MILL 14 CLEVEDON CHURCH 14 GERAINT AND EDYRN 15 IN MEMORIAM (“Man dies: nor is there hope in dust”) 16 IN MEMORIAM (“Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky”) 17 LADY TENNYSON 18 HORNCASTLE (the home of Emily Sellwood) 19 GRASBY CHURCH 20 CHAPEL HOUSE, TWICKENHAM (Tennyson’s first home after his marriage) 20 ELAINE 21 ALFRED TENNYSON (1867) 22 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A., 1859) 23 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the chalk drawing by M. Arnault) 24 FARRINGFORD (Tennyson’s residence at Freshwater) 25 TENNYSON (about 1871) 26 MERLIN AND VIVIEN 27 FACSIMILE OF TENNYSON’S MANUSCRIPT, “CROSSING THE BAR” 28 GLADE AT FARRINGFORD (from a water-colour drawing by Mrs. Allingham) 29 FRESHWATER 30 FRESHWATER BAY 30 GUINEVERE 31 ALFRED TENNYSON 32 TENNYSON’S LANE, HASLEMERE 33 ALDWORTH (Tennyson’s home near Haslemere) 33 TENNYSON’S MEMORIAL, BEACON HILL, FRESHWATER 34 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A.) 35 TENNYSON It was merely the accident of his hour, the call of his age, which made Tennyson a philosophic poet.

KeatsnounUS /kiːts/

Englishman and romantic poet (1795-1821)

From this reading He was naturally not only a pure lover of beauty, but a pure lover of beauty in a much more peculiar and distinguished sense even than a man like Keats, or a man like Robert Bridges.

LADYnounUS /ˈleɪdi/

a polite name for any woman

From this reading RICHARD GARNETT, C.B. ALFRED TENNYSON (from the painting by Samuel Laurence) 5 TENNYSON’S MOTHER 6 BAG ENDERBY CHURCH 6 ALFRED TENNYSON, 1838 7 OLD GRAMMAR SCHOOL, LOUTH 7 ARTHUR H. HALLAM (from the bust by Chantrey) 8 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the medallion by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 9 THE LADY OF SHALOTT 10 THE PALACE OF ART 11 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the bust by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 12 MARIANA IN THE SOUTH 13 STOCKWORTH MILL 14 CLEVEDON CHURCH 14 GERAINT AND EDYRN 15 IN MEMORIAM (“Man dies: nor is there hope in dust”) 16 IN MEMORIAM (“Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky”) 17 LADY TENNYSON 18 HORNCASTLE (the home of Emily Sellwood) 19 GRASBY CHURCH 20 CHAPEL HOUSE, TWICKENHAM (Tennyson’s first home after his marriage) 20 ELAINE 21 ALFRED TENNYSON (1867) 22 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A., 1859) 23 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the chalk drawing by M. Arnault) 24 FARRINGFORD (Tennyson’s residence at Freshwater) 25 TENNYSON (about 1871) 26 MERLIN AND VIVIEN 27 FACSIMILE OF TENNYSON’S MANUSCRIPT, “CROSSING THE BAR” 28 GLADE AT FARRINGFORD (from a water-colour drawing by Mrs. Allingham) 29 FRESHWATER 30 FRESHWATER BAY 30 GUINEVERE 31 ALFRED TENNYSON 32 TENNYSON’S LANE, HASLEMERE 33 ALDWORTH (Tennyson’s home near Haslemere) 33 TENNYSON’S MEMORIAL, BEACON HILL, FRESHWATER 34 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A.) 35 TENNYSON It was merely the accident of his hour, the call of his age, which made Tennyson a philosophic poet.

landscapenounUS /ˈlændskeɪp/

an expanse of scenery that can be seen in a single view

From this reading He gave us scenes of Nature that cannot easily be surpassed, but he chose them like a landscape painter rather than like a religious poet.

LANEnounUS /leɪn/

a narrow way or road

From this reading RICHARD GARNETT, C.B. ALFRED TENNYSON (from the painting by Samuel Laurence) 5 TENNYSON’S MOTHER 6 BAG ENDERBY CHURCH 6 ALFRED TENNYSON, 1838 7 OLD GRAMMAR SCHOOL, LOUTH 7 ARTHUR H. HALLAM (from the bust by Chantrey) 8 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the medallion by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 9 THE LADY OF SHALOTT 10 THE PALACE OF ART 11 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the bust by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 12 MARIANA IN THE SOUTH 13 STOCKWORTH MILL 14 CLEVEDON CHURCH 14 GERAINT AND EDYRN 15 IN MEMORIAM (“Man dies: nor is there hope in dust”) 16 IN MEMORIAM (“Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky”) 17 LADY TENNYSON 18 HORNCASTLE (the home of Emily Sellwood) 19 GRASBY CHURCH 20 CHAPEL HOUSE, TWICKENHAM (Tennyson’s first home after his marriage) 20 ELAINE 21 ALFRED TENNYSON (1867) 22 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A., 1859) 23 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the chalk drawing by M. Arnault) 24 FARRINGFORD (Tennyson’s residence at Freshwater) 25 TENNYSON (about 1871) 26 MERLIN AND VIVIEN 27 FACSIMILE OF TENNYSON’S MANUSCRIPT, “CROSSING THE BAR” 28 GLADE AT FARRINGFORD (from a water-colour drawing by Mrs. Allingham) 29 FRESHWATER 30 FRESHWATER BAY 30 GUINEVERE 31 ALFRED TENNYSON 32 TENNYSON’S LANE, HASLEMERE 33 ALDWORTH (Tennyson’s home near Haslemere) 33 TENNYSON’S MEMORIAL, BEACON HILL, FRESHWATER 34 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A.) 35 TENNYSON It was merely the accident of his hour, the call of his age, which made Tennyson a philosophic poet.

Laurence

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From this reading RICHARD GARNETT, C.B. ALFRED TENNYSON (from the painting by Samuel Laurence) 5 TENNYSON’S MOTHER 6 BAG ENDERBY CHURCH 6 ALFRED TENNYSON, 1838 7 OLD GRAMMAR SCHOOL, LOUTH 7 ARTHUR H. HALLAM (from the bust by Chantrey) 8 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the medallion by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 9 THE LADY OF SHALOTT 10 THE PALACE OF ART 11 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the bust by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 12 MARIANA IN THE SOUTH 13 STOCKWORTH MILL 14 CLEVEDON CHURCH 14 GERAINT AND EDYRN 15 IN MEMORIAM (“Man dies: nor is there hope in dust”) 16 IN MEMORIAM (“Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky”) 17 LADY TENNYSON 18 HORNCASTLE (the home of Emily Sellwood) 19 GRASBY CHURCH 20 CHAPEL HOUSE, TWICKENHAM (Tennyson’s first home after his marriage) 20 ELAINE 21 ALFRED TENNYSON (1867) 22 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A., 1859) 23 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the chalk drawing by M. Arnault) 24 FARRINGFORD (Tennyson’s residence at Freshwater) 25 TENNYSON (about 1871) 26 MERLIN AND VIVIEN 27 FACSIMILE OF TENNYSON’S MANUSCRIPT, “CROSSING THE BAR” 28 GLADE AT FARRINGFORD (from a water-colour drawing by Mrs. Allingham) 29 FRESHWATER 30 FRESHWATER BAY 30 GUINEVERE 31 ALFRED TENNYSON 32 TENNYSON’S LANE, HASLEMERE 33 ALDWORTH (Tennyson’s home near Haslemere) 33 TENNYSON’S MEMORIAL, BEACON HILL, FRESHWATER 34 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A.) 35 TENNYSON It was merely the accident of his hour, the call of his age, which made Tennyson a philosophic poet.

likeverbUS /laɪk/

prefer or wish to do something

From this reading He was naturally not only a pure lover of beauty, but a pure lover of beauty in a much more peculiar and distinguished sense even than a man like Keats, or a man like Robert Bridges.

LOUTH

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From this reading RICHARD GARNETT, C.B. ALFRED TENNYSON (from the painting by Samuel Laurence) 5 TENNYSON’S MOTHER 6 BAG ENDERBY CHURCH 6 ALFRED TENNYSON, 1838 7 OLD GRAMMAR SCHOOL, LOUTH 7 ARTHUR H. HALLAM (from the bust by Chantrey) 8 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the medallion by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 9 THE LADY OF SHALOTT 10 THE PALACE OF ART 11 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the bust by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 12 MARIANA IN THE SOUTH 13 STOCKWORTH MILL 14 CLEVEDON CHURCH 14 GERAINT AND EDYRN 15 IN MEMORIAM (“Man dies: nor is there hope in dust”) 16 IN MEMORIAM (“Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky”) 17 LADY TENNYSON 18 HORNCASTLE (the home of Emily Sellwood) 19 GRASBY CHURCH 20 CHAPEL HOUSE, TWICKENHAM (Tennyson’s first home after his marriage) 20 ELAINE 21 ALFRED TENNYSON (1867) 22 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A., 1859) 23 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the chalk drawing by M. Arnault) 24 FARRINGFORD (Tennyson’s residence at Freshwater) 25 TENNYSON (about 1871) 26 MERLIN AND VIVIEN 27 FACSIMILE OF TENNYSON’S MANUSCRIPT, “CROSSING THE BAR” 28 GLADE AT FARRINGFORD (from a water-colour drawing by Mrs. Allingham) 29 FRESHWATER 30 FRESHWATER BAY 30 GUINEVERE 31 ALFRED TENNYSON 32 TENNYSON’S LANE, HASLEMERE 33 ALDWORTH (Tennyson’s home near Haslemere) 33 TENNYSON’S MEMORIAL, BEACON HILL, FRESHWATER 34 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A.) 35 TENNYSON It was merely the accident of his hour, the call of his age, which made Tennyson a philosophic poet.

lovenounUS /lʌv/

a strong positive emotion of regard and affection

From this reading Above all, he exhibited his abstract love of the beautiful in one most personal and characteristic fact.

lovernounUS /ˈlʌvər/

a person who loves someone or is loved by someone

From this reading He was naturally not only a pure lover of beauty, but a pure lover of beauty in a much more peculiar and distinguished sense even than a man like Keats, or a man like Robert Bridges.

MnounUS /em/

the basic unit of length adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites (approximately 1.094 yards)

From this reading RICHARD GARNETT, C.B. ALFRED TENNYSON (from the painting by Samuel Laurence) 5 TENNYSON’S MOTHER 6 BAG ENDERBY CHURCH 6 ALFRED TENNYSON, 1838 7 OLD GRAMMAR SCHOOL, LOUTH 7 ARTHUR H. HALLAM (from the bust by Chantrey) 8 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the medallion by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 9 THE LADY OF SHALOTT 10 THE PALACE OF ART 11 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the bust by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 12 MARIANA IN THE SOUTH 13 STOCKWORTH MILL 14 CLEVEDON CHURCH 14 GERAINT AND EDYRN 15 IN MEMORIAM (“Man dies: nor is there hope in dust”) 16 IN MEMORIAM (“Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky”) 17 LADY TENNYSON 18 HORNCASTLE (the home of Emily Sellwood) 19 GRASBY CHURCH 20 CHAPEL HOUSE, TWICKENHAM (Tennyson’s first home after his marriage) 20 ELAINE 21 ALFRED TENNYSON (1867) 22 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A., 1859) 23 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the chalk drawing by M. Arnault) 24 FARRINGFORD (Tennyson’s residence at Freshwater) 25 TENNYSON (about 1871) 26 MERLIN AND VIVIEN 27 FACSIMILE OF TENNYSON’S MANUSCRIPT, “CROSSING THE BAR” 28 GLADE AT FARRINGFORD (from a water-colour drawing by Mrs. Allingham) 29 FRESHWATER 30 FRESHWATER BAY 30 GUINEVERE 31 ALFRED TENNYSON 32 TENNYSON’S LANE, HASLEMERE 33 ALDWORTH (Tennyson’s home near Haslemere) 33 TENNYSON’S MEMORIAL, BEACON HILL, FRESHWATER 34 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A.) 35 TENNYSON It was merely the accident of his hour, the call of his age, which made Tennyson a philosophic poet.

madeadjectiveUS /meɪd/

produced by a manufacturing process

From this reading RICHARD GARNETT, C.B. ALFRED TENNYSON (from the painting by Samuel Laurence) 5 TENNYSON’S MOTHER 6 BAG ENDERBY CHURCH 6 ALFRED TENNYSON, 1838 7 OLD GRAMMAR SCHOOL, LOUTH 7 ARTHUR H. HALLAM (from the bust by Chantrey) 8 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the medallion by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 9 THE LADY OF SHALOTT 10 THE PALACE OF ART 11 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the bust by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 12 MARIANA IN THE SOUTH 13 STOCKWORTH MILL 14 CLEVEDON CHURCH 14 GERAINT AND EDYRN 15 IN MEMORIAM (“Man dies: nor is there hope in dust”) 16 IN MEMORIAM (“Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky”) 17 LADY TENNYSON 18 HORNCASTLE (the home of Emily Sellwood) 19 GRASBY CHURCH 20 CHAPEL HOUSE, TWICKENHAM (Tennyson’s first home after his marriage) 20 ELAINE 21 ALFRED TENNYSON (1867) 22 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A., 1859) 23 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the chalk drawing by M. Arnault) 24 FARRINGFORD (Tennyson’s residence at Freshwater) 25 TENNYSON (about 1871) 26 MERLIN AND VIVIEN 27 FACSIMILE OF TENNYSON’S MANUSCRIPT, “CROSSING THE BAR” 28 GLADE AT FARRINGFORD (from a water-colour drawing by Mrs. Allingham) 29 FRESHWATER 30 FRESHWATER BAY 30 GUINEVERE 31 ALFRED TENNYSON 32 TENNYSON’S LANE, HASLEMERE 33 ALDWORTH (Tennyson’s home near Haslemere) 33 TENNYSON’S MEMORIAL, BEACON HILL, FRESHWATER 34 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A.) 35 TENNYSON It was merely the accident of his hour, the call of his age, which made Tennyson a philosophic poet.

MannounUS /mæn/

an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)

From this reading RICHARD GARNETT, C.B. ALFRED TENNYSON (from the painting by Samuel Laurence) 5 TENNYSON’S MOTHER 6 BAG ENDERBY CHURCH 6 ALFRED TENNYSON, 1838 7 OLD GRAMMAR SCHOOL, LOUTH 7 ARTHUR H. HALLAM (from the bust by Chantrey) 8 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the medallion by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 9 THE LADY OF SHALOTT 10 THE PALACE OF ART 11 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the bust by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 12 MARIANA IN THE SOUTH 13 STOCKWORTH MILL 14 CLEVEDON CHURCH 14 GERAINT AND EDYRN 15 IN MEMORIAM (“Man dies: nor is there hope in dust”) 16 IN MEMORIAM (“Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky”) 17 LADY TENNYSON 18 HORNCASTLE (the home of Emily Sellwood) 19 GRASBY CHURCH 20 CHAPEL HOUSE, TWICKENHAM (Tennyson’s first home after his marriage) 20 ELAINE 21 ALFRED TENNYSON (1867) 22 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A., 1859) 23 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the chalk drawing by M. Arnault) 24 FARRINGFORD (Tennyson’s residence at Freshwater) 25 TENNYSON (about 1871) 26 MERLIN AND VIVIEN 27 FACSIMILE OF TENNYSON’S MANUSCRIPT, “CROSSING THE BAR” 28 GLADE AT FARRINGFORD (from a water-colour drawing by Mrs. Allingham) 29 FRESHWATER 30 FRESHWATER BAY 30 GUINEVERE 31 ALFRED TENNYSON 32 TENNYSON’S LANE, HASLEMERE 33 ALDWORTH (Tennyson’s home near Haslemere) 33 TENNYSON’S MEMORIAL, BEACON HILL, FRESHWATER 34 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A.) 35 TENNYSON It was merely the accident of his hour, the call of his age, which made Tennyson a philosophic poet.

MANUSCRIPTnounUS /ˈmæn.jə.skrɪpt/

A book, document, or piece of music written by hand rather than typed or printed.

From this reading RICHARD GARNETT, C.B. ALFRED TENNYSON (from the painting by Samuel Laurence) 5 TENNYSON’S MOTHER 6 BAG ENDERBY CHURCH 6 ALFRED TENNYSON, 1838 7 OLD GRAMMAR SCHOOL, LOUTH 7 ARTHUR H. HALLAM (from the bust by Chantrey) 8 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the medallion by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 9 THE LADY OF SHALOTT 10 THE PALACE OF ART 11 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the bust by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 12 MARIANA IN THE SOUTH 13 STOCKWORTH MILL 14 CLEVEDON CHURCH 14 GERAINT AND EDYRN 15 IN MEMORIAM (“Man dies: nor is there hope in dust”) 16 IN MEMORIAM (“Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky”) 17 LADY TENNYSON 18 HORNCASTLE (the home of Emily Sellwood) 19 GRASBY CHURCH 20 CHAPEL HOUSE, TWICKENHAM (Tennyson’s first home after his marriage) 20 ELAINE 21 ALFRED TENNYSON (1867) 22 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A., 1859) 23 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the chalk drawing by M. Arnault) 24 FARRINGFORD (Tennyson’s residence at Freshwater) 25 TENNYSON (about 1871) 26 MERLIN AND VIVIEN 27 FACSIMILE OF TENNYSON’S MANUSCRIPT, “CROSSING THE BAR” 28 GLADE AT FARRINGFORD (from a water-colour drawing by Mrs. Allingham) 29 FRESHWATER 30 FRESHWATER BAY 30 GUINEVERE 31 ALFRED TENNYSON 32 TENNYSON’S LANE, HASLEMERE 33 ALDWORTH (Tennyson’s home near Haslemere) 33 TENNYSON’S MEMORIAL, BEACON HILL, FRESHWATER 34 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A.) 35 TENNYSON It was merely the accident of his hour, the call of his age, which made Tennyson a philosophic poet.

MARIANA

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From this reading RICHARD GARNETT, C.B. ALFRED TENNYSON (from the painting by Samuel Laurence) 5 TENNYSON’S MOTHER 6 BAG ENDERBY CHURCH 6 ALFRED TENNYSON, 1838 7 OLD GRAMMAR SCHOOL, LOUTH 7 ARTHUR H. HALLAM (from the bust by Chantrey) 8 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the medallion by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 9 THE LADY OF SHALOTT 10 THE PALACE OF ART 11 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the bust by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 12 MARIANA IN THE SOUTH 13 STOCKWORTH MILL 14 CLEVEDON CHURCH 14 GERAINT AND EDYRN 15 IN MEMORIAM (“Man dies: nor is there hope in dust”) 16 IN MEMORIAM (“Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky”) 17 LADY TENNYSON 18 HORNCASTLE (the home of Emily Sellwood) 19 GRASBY CHURCH 20 CHAPEL HOUSE, TWICKENHAM (Tennyson’s first home after his marriage) 20 ELAINE 21 ALFRED TENNYSON (1867) 22 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A., 1859) 23 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the chalk drawing by M. Arnault) 24 FARRINGFORD (Tennyson’s residence at Freshwater) 25 TENNYSON (about 1871) 26 MERLIN AND VIVIEN 27 FACSIMILE OF TENNYSON’S MANUSCRIPT, “CROSSING THE BAR” 28 GLADE AT FARRINGFORD (from a water-colour drawing by Mrs. Allingham) 29 FRESHWATER 30 FRESHWATER BAY 30 GUINEVERE 31 ALFRED TENNYSON 32 TENNYSON’S LANE, HASLEMERE 33 ALDWORTH (Tennyson’s home near Haslemere) 33 TENNYSON’S MEMORIAL, BEACON HILL, FRESHWATER 34 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A.) 35 TENNYSON It was merely the accident of his hour, the call of his age, which made Tennyson a philosophic poet.

marriagenounUS /ˈmerɪdʒ/

the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce)

From this reading RICHARD GARNETT, C.B. ALFRED TENNYSON (from the painting by Samuel Laurence) 5 TENNYSON’S MOTHER 6 BAG ENDERBY CHURCH 6 ALFRED TENNYSON, 1838 7 OLD GRAMMAR SCHOOL, LOUTH 7 ARTHUR H. HALLAM (from the bust by Chantrey) 8 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the medallion by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 9 THE LADY OF SHALOTT 10 THE PALACE OF ART 11 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the bust by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 12 MARIANA IN THE SOUTH 13 STOCKWORTH MILL 14 CLEVEDON CHURCH 14 GERAINT AND EDYRN 15 IN MEMORIAM (“Man dies: nor is there hope in dust”) 16 IN MEMORIAM (“Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky”) 17 LADY TENNYSON 18 HORNCASTLE (the home of Emily Sellwood) 19 GRASBY CHURCH 20 CHAPEL HOUSE, TWICKENHAM (Tennyson’s first home after his marriage) 20 ELAINE 21 ALFRED TENNYSON (1867) 22 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A., 1859) 23 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the chalk drawing by M. Arnault) 24 FARRINGFORD (Tennyson’s residence at Freshwater) 25 TENNYSON (about 1871) 26 MERLIN AND VIVIEN 27 FACSIMILE OF TENNYSON’S MANUSCRIPT, “CROSSING THE BAR” 28 GLADE AT FARRINGFORD (from a water-colour drawing by Mrs. Allingham) 29 FRESHWATER 30 FRESHWATER BAY 30 GUINEVERE 31 ALFRED TENNYSON 32 TENNYSON’S LANE, HASLEMERE 33 ALDWORTH (Tennyson’s home near Haslemere) 33 TENNYSON’S MEMORIAL, BEACON HILL, FRESHWATER 34 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A.) 35 TENNYSON It was merely the accident of his hour, the call of his age, which made Tennyson a philosophic poet.

medallionnounUS /məˈdæljən/

any of various large ancient Greek coins

From this reading RICHARD GARNETT, C.B. ALFRED TENNYSON (from the painting by Samuel Laurence) 5 TENNYSON’S MOTHER 6 BAG ENDERBY CHURCH 6 ALFRED TENNYSON, 1838 7 OLD GRAMMAR SCHOOL, LOUTH 7 ARTHUR H. HALLAM (from the bust by Chantrey) 8 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the medallion by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 9 THE LADY OF SHALOTT 10 THE PALACE OF ART 11 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the bust by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 12 MARIANA IN THE SOUTH 13 STOCKWORTH MILL 14 CLEVEDON CHURCH 14 GERAINT AND EDYRN 15 IN MEMORIAM (“Man dies: nor is there hope in dust”) 16 IN MEMORIAM (“Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky”) 17 LADY TENNYSON 18 HORNCASTLE (the home of Emily Sellwood) 19 GRASBY CHURCH 20 CHAPEL HOUSE, TWICKENHAM (Tennyson’s first home after his marriage) 20 ELAINE 21 ALFRED TENNYSON (1867) 22 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A., 1859) 23 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the chalk drawing by M. Arnault) 24 FARRINGFORD (Tennyson’s residence at Freshwater) 25 TENNYSON (about 1871) 26 MERLIN AND VIVIEN 27 FACSIMILE OF TENNYSON’S MANUSCRIPT, “CROSSING THE BAR” 28 GLADE AT FARRINGFORD (from a water-colour drawing by Mrs. Allingham) 29 FRESHWATER 30 FRESHWATER BAY 30 GUINEVERE 31 ALFRED TENNYSON 32 TENNYSON’S LANE, HASLEMERE 33 ALDWORTH (Tennyson’s home near Haslemere) 33 TENNYSON’S MEMORIAL, BEACON HILL, FRESHWATER 34 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A.) 35 TENNYSON It was merely the accident of his hour, the call of his age, which made Tennyson a philosophic poet.

MEMORIALnounUS /məˈmɔːriəl/

a recognition of meritorious service

From this reading RICHARD GARNETT, C.B. ALFRED TENNYSON (from the painting by Samuel Laurence) 5 TENNYSON’S MOTHER 6 BAG ENDERBY CHURCH 6 ALFRED TENNYSON, 1838 7 OLD GRAMMAR SCHOOL, LOUTH 7 ARTHUR H. HALLAM (from the bust by Chantrey) 8 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the medallion by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 9 THE LADY OF SHALOTT 10 THE PALACE OF ART 11 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the bust by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 12 MARIANA IN THE SOUTH 13 STOCKWORTH MILL 14 CLEVEDON CHURCH 14 GERAINT AND EDYRN 15 IN MEMORIAM (“Man dies: nor is there hope in dust”) 16 IN MEMORIAM (“Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky”) 17 LADY TENNYSON 18 HORNCASTLE (the home of Emily Sellwood) 19 GRASBY CHURCH 20 CHAPEL HOUSE, TWICKENHAM (Tennyson’s first home after his marriage) 20 ELAINE 21 ALFRED TENNYSON (1867) 22 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A., 1859) 23 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the chalk drawing by M. Arnault) 24 FARRINGFORD (Tennyson’s residence at Freshwater) 25 TENNYSON (about 1871) 26 MERLIN AND VIVIEN 27 FACSIMILE OF TENNYSON’S MANUSCRIPT, “CROSSING THE BAR” 28 GLADE AT FARRINGFORD (from a water-colour drawing by Mrs. Allingham) 29 FRESHWATER 30 FRESHWATER BAY 30 GUINEVERE 31 ALFRED TENNYSON 32 TENNYSON’S LANE, HASLEMERE 33 ALDWORTH (Tennyson’s home near Haslemere) 33 TENNYSON’S MEMORIAL, BEACON HILL, FRESHWATER 34 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A.) 35 TENNYSON It was merely the accident of his hour, the call of his age, which made Tennyson a philosophic poet.

MEMORIAM

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From this reading RICHARD GARNETT, C.B. ALFRED TENNYSON (from the painting by Samuel Laurence) 5 TENNYSON’S MOTHER 6 BAG ENDERBY CHURCH 6 ALFRED TENNYSON, 1838 7 OLD GRAMMAR SCHOOL, LOUTH 7 ARTHUR H. HALLAM (from the bust by Chantrey) 8 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the medallion by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 9 THE LADY OF SHALOTT 10 THE PALACE OF ART 11 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the bust by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 12 MARIANA IN THE SOUTH 13 STOCKWORTH MILL 14 CLEVEDON CHURCH 14 GERAINT AND EDYRN 15 IN MEMORIAM (“Man dies: nor is there hope in dust”) 16 IN MEMORIAM (“Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky”) 17 LADY TENNYSON 18 HORNCASTLE (the home of Emily Sellwood) 19 GRASBY CHURCH 20 CHAPEL HOUSE, TWICKENHAM (Tennyson’s first home after his marriage) 20 ELAINE 21 ALFRED TENNYSON (1867) 22 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A., 1859) 23 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the chalk drawing by M. Arnault) 24 FARRINGFORD (Tennyson’s residence at Freshwater) 25 TENNYSON (about 1871) 26 MERLIN AND VIVIEN 27 FACSIMILE OF TENNYSON’S MANUSCRIPT, “CROSSING THE BAR” 28 GLADE AT FARRINGFORD (from a water-colour drawing by Mrs. Allingham) 29 FRESHWATER 30 FRESHWATER BAY 30 GUINEVERE 31 ALFRED TENNYSON 32 TENNYSON’S LANE, HASLEMERE 33 ALDWORTH (Tennyson’s home near Haslemere) 33 TENNYSON’S MEMORIAL, BEACON HILL, FRESHWATER 34 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A.) 35 TENNYSON It was merely the accident of his hour, the call of his age, which made Tennyson a philosophic poet.

merelyadverbUS /ˈmɪrli/

and nothing more

From this reading RICHARD GARNETT, C.B. ALFRED TENNYSON (from the painting by Samuel Laurence) 5 TENNYSON’S MOTHER 6 BAG ENDERBY CHURCH 6 ALFRED TENNYSON, 1838 7 OLD GRAMMAR SCHOOL, LOUTH 7 ARTHUR H. HALLAM (from the bust by Chantrey) 8 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the medallion by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 9 THE LADY OF SHALOTT 10 THE PALACE OF ART 11 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the bust by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 12 MARIANA IN THE SOUTH 13 STOCKWORTH MILL 14 CLEVEDON CHURCH 14 GERAINT AND EDYRN 15 IN MEMORIAM (“Man dies: nor is there hope in dust”) 16 IN MEMORIAM (“Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky”) 17 LADY TENNYSON 18 HORNCASTLE (the home of Emily Sellwood) 19 GRASBY CHURCH 20 CHAPEL HOUSE, TWICKENHAM (Tennyson’s first home after his marriage) 20 ELAINE 21 ALFRED TENNYSON (1867) 22 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A., 1859) 23 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the chalk drawing by M. Arnault) 24 FARRINGFORD (Tennyson’s residence at Freshwater) 25 TENNYSON (about 1871) 26 MERLIN AND VIVIEN 27 FACSIMILE OF TENNYSON’S MANUSCRIPT, “CROSSING THE BAR” 28 GLADE AT FARRINGFORD (from a water-colour drawing by Mrs. Allingham) 29 FRESHWATER 30 FRESHWATER BAY 30 GUINEVERE 31 ALFRED TENNYSON 32 TENNYSON’S LANE, HASLEMERE 33 ALDWORTH (Tennyson’s home near Haslemere) 33 TENNYSON’S MEMORIAL, BEACON HILL, FRESHWATER 34 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A.) 35 TENNYSON It was merely the accident of his hour, the call of his age, which made Tennyson a philosophic poet.

MERLINnounUS /ˈmɜːrlɪn/

(Arthurian legend) the magician who acted as King Arthur's advisor

From this reading RICHARD GARNETT, C.B. ALFRED TENNYSON (from the painting by Samuel Laurence) 5 TENNYSON’S MOTHER 6 BAG ENDERBY CHURCH 6 ALFRED TENNYSON, 1838 7 OLD GRAMMAR SCHOOL, LOUTH 7 ARTHUR H. HALLAM (from the bust by Chantrey) 8 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the medallion by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 9 THE LADY OF SHALOTT 10 THE PALACE OF ART 11 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the bust by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 12 MARIANA IN THE SOUTH 13 STOCKWORTH MILL 14 CLEVEDON CHURCH 14 GERAINT AND EDYRN 15 IN MEMORIAM (“Man dies: nor is there hope in dust”) 16 IN MEMORIAM (“Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky”) 17 LADY TENNYSON 18 HORNCASTLE (the home of Emily Sellwood) 19 GRASBY CHURCH 20 CHAPEL HOUSE, TWICKENHAM (Tennyson’s first home after his marriage) 20 ELAINE 21 ALFRED TENNYSON (1867) 22 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A., 1859) 23 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the chalk drawing by M. Arnault) 24 FARRINGFORD (Tennyson’s residence at Freshwater) 25 TENNYSON (about 1871) 26 MERLIN AND VIVIEN 27 FACSIMILE OF TENNYSON’S MANUSCRIPT, “CROSSING THE BAR” 28 GLADE AT FARRINGFORD (from a water-colour drawing by Mrs. Allingham) 29 FRESHWATER 30 FRESHWATER BAY 30 GUINEVERE 31 ALFRED TENNYSON 32 TENNYSON’S LANE, HASLEMERE 33 ALDWORTH (Tennyson’s home near Haslemere) 33 TENNYSON’S MEMORIAL, BEACON HILL, FRESHWATER 34 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A.) 35 TENNYSON It was merely the accident of his hour, the call of his age, which made Tennyson a philosophic poet.

MILLverbUS /mɪl/

move about in a confused manner

From this reading RICHARD GARNETT, C.B. ALFRED TENNYSON (from the painting by Samuel Laurence) 5 TENNYSON’S MOTHER 6 BAG ENDERBY CHURCH 6 ALFRED TENNYSON, 1838 7 OLD GRAMMAR SCHOOL, LOUTH 7 ARTHUR H. HALLAM (from the bust by Chantrey) 8 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the medallion by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 9 THE LADY OF SHALOTT 10 THE PALACE OF ART 11 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the bust by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 12 MARIANA IN THE SOUTH 13 STOCKWORTH MILL 14 CLEVEDON CHURCH 14 GERAINT AND EDYRN 15 IN MEMORIAM (“Man dies: nor is there hope in dust”) 16 IN MEMORIAM (“Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky”) 17 LADY TENNYSON 18 HORNCASTLE (the home of Emily Sellwood) 19 GRASBY CHURCH 20 CHAPEL HOUSE, TWICKENHAM (Tennyson’s first home after his marriage) 20 ELAINE 21 ALFRED TENNYSON (1867) 22 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A., 1859) 23 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the chalk drawing by M. Arnault) 24 FARRINGFORD (Tennyson’s residence at Freshwater) 25 TENNYSON (about 1871) 26 MERLIN AND VIVIEN 27 FACSIMILE OF TENNYSON’S MANUSCRIPT, “CROSSING THE BAR” 28 GLADE AT FARRINGFORD (from a water-colour drawing by Mrs. Allingham) 29 FRESHWATER 30 FRESHWATER BAY 30 GUINEVERE 31 ALFRED TENNYSON 32 TENNYSON’S LANE, HASLEMERE 33 ALDWORTH (Tennyson’s home near Haslemere) 33 TENNYSON’S MEMORIAL, BEACON HILL, FRESHWATER 34 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A.) 35 TENNYSON It was merely the accident of his hour, the call of his age, which made Tennyson a philosophic poet.

moreadjectiveUS /mɔːr/

(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree

From this reading He was naturally not only a pure lover of beauty, but a pure lover of beauty in a much more peculiar and distinguished sense even than a man like Keats, or a man like Robert Bridges.

mostadverbUS /moʊst/

used to form the superlative

From this reading Above all, he exhibited his abstract love of the beautiful in one most personal and characteristic fact.

MOTHERnounUS /ˈmʌðər/

a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)

From this reading RICHARD GARNETT, C.B. ALFRED TENNYSON (from the painting by Samuel Laurence) 5 TENNYSON’S MOTHER 6 BAG ENDERBY CHURCH 6 ALFRED TENNYSON, 1838 7 OLD GRAMMAR SCHOOL, LOUTH 7 ARTHUR H. HALLAM (from the bust by Chantrey) 8 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the medallion by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 9 THE LADY OF SHALOTT 10 THE PALACE OF ART 11 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the bust by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 12 MARIANA IN THE SOUTH 13 STOCKWORTH MILL 14 CLEVEDON CHURCH 14 GERAINT AND EDYRN 15 IN MEMORIAM (“Man dies: nor is there hope in dust”) 16 IN MEMORIAM (“Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky”) 17 LADY TENNYSON 18 HORNCASTLE (the home of Emily Sellwood) 19 GRASBY CHURCH 20 CHAPEL HOUSE, TWICKENHAM (Tennyson’s first home after his marriage) 20 ELAINE 21 ALFRED TENNYSON (1867) 22 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A., 1859) 23 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the chalk drawing by M. Arnault) 24 FARRINGFORD (Tennyson’s residence at Freshwater) 25 TENNYSON (about 1871) 26 MERLIN AND VIVIEN 27 FACSIMILE OF TENNYSON’S MANUSCRIPT, “CROSSING THE BAR” 28 GLADE AT FARRINGFORD (from a water-colour drawing by Mrs. Allingham) 29 FRESHWATER 30 FRESHWATER BAY 30 GUINEVERE 31 ALFRED TENNYSON 32 TENNYSON’S LANE, HASLEMERE 33 ALDWORTH (Tennyson’s home near Haslemere) 33 TENNYSON’S MEMORIAL, BEACON HILL, FRESHWATER 34 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A.) 35 TENNYSON It was merely the accident of his hour, the call of his age, which made Tennyson a philosophic poet.

MrsnounUS /ˈmɪsɪz/

a form of address for a married woman

From this reading RICHARD GARNETT, C.B. ALFRED TENNYSON (from the painting by Samuel Laurence) 5 TENNYSON’S MOTHER 6 BAG ENDERBY CHURCH 6 ALFRED TENNYSON, 1838 7 OLD GRAMMAR SCHOOL, LOUTH 7 ARTHUR H. HALLAM (from the bust by Chantrey) 8 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the medallion by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 9 THE LADY OF SHALOTT 10 THE PALACE OF ART 11 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the bust by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 12 MARIANA IN THE SOUTH 13 STOCKWORTH MILL 14 CLEVEDON CHURCH 14 GERAINT AND EDYRN 15 IN MEMORIAM (“Man dies: nor is there hope in dust”) 16 IN MEMORIAM (“Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky”) 17 LADY TENNYSON 18 HORNCASTLE (the home of Emily Sellwood) 19 GRASBY CHURCH 20 CHAPEL HOUSE, TWICKENHAM (Tennyson’s first home after his marriage) 20 ELAINE 21 ALFRED TENNYSON (1867) 22 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A., 1859) 23 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the chalk drawing by M. Arnault) 24 FARRINGFORD (Tennyson’s residence at Freshwater) 25 TENNYSON (about 1871) 26 MERLIN AND VIVIEN 27 FACSIMILE OF TENNYSON’S MANUSCRIPT, “CROSSING THE BAR” 28 GLADE AT FARRINGFORD (from a water-colour drawing by Mrs. Allingham) 29 FRESHWATER 30 FRESHWATER BAY 30 GUINEVERE 31 ALFRED TENNYSON 32 TENNYSON’S LANE, HASLEMERE 33 ALDWORTH (Tennyson’s home near Haslemere) 33 TENNYSON’S MEMORIAL, BEACON HILL, FRESHWATER 34 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A.) 35 TENNYSON It was merely the accident of his hour, the call of his age, which made Tennyson a philosophic poet.

muchadverbUS /mʌtʃ/

to a great degree or extent

From this reading He was naturally not only a pure lover of beauty, but a pure lover of beauty in a much more peculiar and distinguished sense even than a man like Keats, or a man like Robert Bridges.

naturallyadverbUS /ˈnætʃərəli/

as might be expected

From this reading He was naturally not only a pure lover of beauty, but a pure lover of beauty in a much more peculiar and distinguished sense even than a man like Keats, or a man like Robert Bridges.

NaturenounUS /ˈneɪtʃər/

the essential qualities or characteristics by which something is recognized

From this reading He gave us scenes of Nature that cannot easily be surpassed, but he chose them like a landscape painter rather than like a religious poet.

nearadverbUS /nɪr/

near in time or place or relationship

From this reading RICHARD GARNETT, C.B. ALFRED TENNYSON (from the painting by Samuel Laurence) 5 TENNYSON’S MOTHER 6 BAG ENDERBY CHURCH 6 ALFRED TENNYSON, 1838 7 OLD GRAMMAR SCHOOL, LOUTH 7 ARTHUR H. HALLAM (from the bust by Chantrey) 8 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the medallion by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 9 THE LADY OF SHALOTT 10 THE PALACE OF ART 11 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the bust by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 12 MARIANA IN THE SOUTH 13 STOCKWORTH MILL 14 CLEVEDON CHURCH 14 GERAINT AND EDYRN 15 IN MEMORIAM (“Man dies: nor is there hope in dust”) 16 IN MEMORIAM (“Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky”) 17 LADY TENNYSON 18 HORNCASTLE (the home of Emily Sellwood) 19 GRASBY CHURCH 20 CHAPEL HOUSE, TWICKENHAM (Tennyson’s first home after his marriage) 20 ELAINE 21 ALFRED TENNYSON (1867) 22 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A., 1859) 23 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the chalk drawing by M. Arnault) 24 FARRINGFORD (Tennyson’s residence at Freshwater) 25 TENNYSON (about 1871) 26 MERLIN AND VIVIEN 27 FACSIMILE OF TENNYSON’S MANUSCRIPT, “CROSSING THE BAR” 28 GLADE AT FARRINGFORD (from a water-colour drawing by Mrs. Allingham) 29 FRESHWATER 30 FRESHWATER BAY 30 GUINEVERE 31 ALFRED TENNYSON 32 TENNYSON’S LANE, HASLEMERE 33 ALDWORTH (Tennyson’s home near Haslemere) 33 TENNYSON’S MEMORIAL, BEACON HILL, FRESHWATER 34 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A.) 35 TENNYSON It was merely the accident of his hour, the call of his age, which made Tennyson a philosophic poet.

norconjunctionUS /nɔːr/

and not; used after a negative to add a second negative

From this reading RICHARD GARNETT, C.B. ALFRED TENNYSON (from the painting by Samuel Laurence) 5 TENNYSON’S MOTHER 6 BAG ENDERBY CHURCH 6 ALFRED TENNYSON, 1838 7 OLD GRAMMAR SCHOOL, LOUTH 7 ARTHUR H. HALLAM (from the bust by Chantrey) 8 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the medallion by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 9 THE LADY OF SHALOTT 10 THE PALACE OF ART 11 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the bust by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 12 MARIANA IN THE SOUTH 13 STOCKWORTH MILL 14 CLEVEDON CHURCH 14 GERAINT AND EDYRN 15 IN MEMORIAM (“Man dies: nor is there hope in dust”) 16 IN MEMORIAM (“Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky”) 17 LADY TENNYSON 18 HORNCASTLE (the home of Emily Sellwood) 19 GRASBY CHURCH 20 CHAPEL HOUSE, TWICKENHAM (Tennyson’s first home after his marriage) 20 ELAINE 21 ALFRED TENNYSON (1867) 22 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A., 1859) 23 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the chalk drawing by M. Arnault) 24 FARRINGFORD (Tennyson’s residence at Freshwater) 25 TENNYSON (about 1871) 26 MERLIN AND VIVIEN 27 FACSIMILE OF TENNYSON’S MANUSCRIPT, “CROSSING THE BAR” 28 GLADE AT FARRINGFORD (from a water-colour drawing by Mrs. Allingham) 29 FRESHWATER 30 FRESHWATER BAY 30 GUINEVERE 31 ALFRED TENNYSON 32 TENNYSON’S LANE, HASLEMERE 33 ALDWORTH (Tennyson’s home near Haslemere) 33 TENNYSON’S MEMORIAL, BEACON HILL, FRESHWATER 34 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A.) 35 TENNYSON It was merely the accident of his hour, the call of his age, which made Tennyson a philosophic poet.

notadverbUS /nɑːt/

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading He was naturally not only a pure lover of beauty, but a pure lover of beauty in a much more peculiar and distinguished sense even than a man like Keats, or a man like Robert Bridges.

OFprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading RICHARD GARNETT, C.B. ALFRED TENNYSON (from the painting by Samuel Laurence) 5 TENNYSON’S MOTHER 6 BAG ENDERBY CHURCH 6 ALFRED TENNYSON, 1838 7 OLD GRAMMAR SCHOOL, LOUTH 7 ARTHUR H. HALLAM (from the bust by Chantrey) 8 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the medallion by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 9 THE LADY OF SHALOTT 10 THE PALACE OF ART 11 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the bust by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 12 MARIANA IN THE SOUTH 13 STOCKWORTH MILL 14 CLEVEDON CHURCH 14 GERAINT AND EDYRN 15 IN MEMORIAM (“Man dies: nor is there hope in dust”) 16 IN MEMORIAM (“Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky”) 17 LADY TENNYSON 18 HORNCASTLE (the home of Emily Sellwood) 19 GRASBY CHURCH 20 CHAPEL HOUSE, TWICKENHAM (Tennyson’s first home after his marriage) 20 ELAINE 21 ALFRED TENNYSON (1867) 22 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A., 1859) 23 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the chalk drawing by M. Arnault) 24 FARRINGFORD (Tennyson’s residence at Freshwater) 25 TENNYSON (about 1871) 26 MERLIN AND VIVIEN 27 FACSIMILE OF TENNYSON’S MANUSCRIPT, “CROSSING THE BAR” 28 GLADE AT FARRINGFORD (from a water-colour drawing by Mrs. Allingham) 29 FRESHWATER 30 FRESHWATER BAY 30 GUINEVERE 31 ALFRED TENNYSON 32 TENNYSON’S LANE, HASLEMERE 33 ALDWORTH (Tennyson’s home near Haslemere) 33 TENNYSON’S MEMORIAL, BEACON HILL, FRESHWATER 34 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A.) 35 TENNYSON It was merely the accident of his hour, the call of his age, which made Tennyson a philosophic poet.

OLDadjectiveUS /oʊld/

(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age

From this reading RICHARD GARNETT, C.B. ALFRED TENNYSON (from the painting by Samuel Laurence) 5 TENNYSON’S MOTHER 6 BAG ENDERBY CHURCH 6 ALFRED TENNYSON, 1838 7 OLD GRAMMAR SCHOOL, LOUTH 7 ARTHUR H. HALLAM (from the bust by Chantrey) 8 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the medallion by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 9 THE LADY OF SHALOTT 10 THE PALACE OF ART 11 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the bust by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 12 MARIANA IN THE SOUTH 13 STOCKWORTH MILL 14 CLEVEDON CHURCH 14 GERAINT AND EDYRN 15 IN MEMORIAM (“Man dies: nor is there hope in dust”) 16 IN MEMORIAM (“Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky”) 17 LADY TENNYSON 18 HORNCASTLE (the home of Emily Sellwood) 19 GRASBY CHURCH 20 CHAPEL HOUSE, TWICKENHAM (Tennyson’s first home after his marriage) 20 ELAINE 21 ALFRED TENNYSON (1867) 22 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A., 1859) 23 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the chalk drawing by M. Arnault) 24 FARRINGFORD (Tennyson’s residence at Freshwater) 25 TENNYSON (about 1871) 26 MERLIN AND VIVIEN 27 FACSIMILE OF TENNYSON’S MANUSCRIPT, “CROSSING THE BAR” 28 GLADE AT FARRINGFORD (from a water-colour drawing by Mrs. Allingham) 29 FRESHWATER 30 FRESHWATER BAY 30 GUINEVERE 31 ALFRED TENNYSON 32 TENNYSON’S LANE, HASLEMERE 33 ALDWORTH (Tennyson’s home near Haslemere) 33 TENNYSON’S MEMORIAL, BEACON HILL, FRESHWATER 34 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A.) 35 TENNYSON It was merely the accident of his hour, the call of his age, which made Tennyson a philosophic poet.

onepronounUS /wʌn/

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading Above all, he exhibited his abstract love of the beautiful in one most personal and characteristic fact.

onlyadverbUS /ˈoʊnli/

and nothing more

From this reading He was naturally not only a pure lover of beauty, but a pure lover of beauty in a much more peculiar and distinguished sense even than a man like Keats, or a man like Robert Bridges.

orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/

used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading He was naturally not only a pure lover of beauty, but a pure lover of beauty in a much more peculiar and distinguished sense even than a man like Keats, or a man like Robert Bridges.

outadjectiveUS /aʊt/

not allowed to continue to bat or run

From this reading RICHARD GARNETT, C.B. ALFRED TENNYSON (from the painting by Samuel Laurence) 5 TENNYSON’S MOTHER 6 BAG ENDERBY CHURCH 6 ALFRED TENNYSON, 1838 7 OLD GRAMMAR SCHOOL, LOUTH 7 ARTHUR H. HALLAM (from the bust by Chantrey) 8 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the medallion by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 9 THE LADY OF SHALOTT 10 THE PALACE OF ART 11 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the bust by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 12 MARIANA IN THE SOUTH 13 STOCKWORTH MILL 14 CLEVEDON CHURCH 14 GERAINT AND EDYRN 15 IN MEMORIAM (“Man dies: nor is there hope in dust”) 16 IN MEMORIAM (“Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky”) 17 LADY TENNYSON 18 HORNCASTLE (the home of Emily Sellwood) 19 GRASBY CHURCH 20 CHAPEL HOUSE, TWICKENHAM (Tennyson’s first home after his marriage) 20 ELAINE 21 ALFRED TENNYSON (1867) 22 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A., 1859) 23 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the chalk drawing by M. Arnault) 24 FARRINGFORD (Tennyson’s residence at Freshwater) 25 TENNYSON (about 1871) 26 MERLIN AND VIVIEN 27 FACSIMILE OF TENNYSON’S MANUSCRIPT, “CROSSING THE BAR” 28 GLADE AT FARRINGFORD (from a water-colour drawing by Mrs. Allingham) 29 FRESHWATER 30 FRESHWATER BAY 30 GUINEVERE 31 ALFRED TENNYSON 32 TENNYSON’S LANE, HASLEMERE 33 ALDWORTH (Tennyson’s home near Haslemere) 33 TENNYSON’S MEMORIAL, BEACON HILL, FRESHWATER 34 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A.) 35 TENNYSON It was merely the accident of his hour, the call of his age, which made Tennyson a philosophic poet.

painternounUS /ˈpeɪntər/

an artist who paints

From this reading He gave us scenes of Nature that cannot easily be surpassed, but he chose them like a landscape painter rather than like a religious poet.

paintingnounUS /ˈpeɪntɪŋ/

graphic art consisting of an artistic composition made by applying paints to a surface

From this reading RICHARD GARNETT, C.B. ALFRED TENNYSON (from the painting by Samuel Laurence) 5 TENNYSON’S MOTHER 6 BAG ENDERBY CHURCH 6 ALFRED TENNYSON, 1838 7 OLD GRAMMAR SCHOOL, LOUTH 7 ARTHUR H. HALLAM (from the bust by Chantrey) 8 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the medallion by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 9 THE LADY OF SHALOTT 10 THE PALACE OF ART 11 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the bust by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 12 MARIANA IN THE SOUTH 13 STOCKWORTH MILL 14 CLEVEDON CHURCH 14 GERAINT AND EDYRN 15 IN MEMORIAM (“Man dies: nor is there hope in dust”) 16 IN MEMORIAM (“Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky”) 17 LADY TENNYSON 18 HORNCASTLE (the home of Emily Sellwood) 19 GRASBY CHURCH 20 CHAPEL HOUSE, TWICKENHAM (Tennyson’s first home after his marriage) 20 ELAINE 21 ALFRED TENNYSON (1867) 22 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A., 1859) 23 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the chalk drawing by M. Arnault) 24 FARRINGFORD (Tennyson’s residence at Freshwater) 25 TENNYSON (about 1871) 26 MERLIN AND VIVIEN 27 FACSIMILE OF TENNYSON’S MANUSCRIPT, “CROSSING THE BAR” 28 GLADE AT FARRINGFORD (from a water-colour drawing by Mrs. Allingham) 29 FRESHWATER 30 FRESHWATER BAY 30 GUINEVERE 31 ALFRED TENNYSON 32 TENNYSON’S LANE, HASLEMERE 33 ALDWORTH (Tennyson’s home near Haslemere) 33 TENNYSON’S MEMORIAL, BEACON HILL, FRESHWATER 34 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A.) 35 TENNYSON It was merely the accident of his hour, the call of his age, which made Tennyson a philosophic poet.

PALACEnounUS /ˈpæləs/

a large and stately mansion

From this reading RICHARD GARNETT, C.B. ALFRED TENNYSON (from the painting by Samuel Laurence) 5 TENNYSON’S MOTHER 6 BAG ENDERBY CHURCH 6 ALFRED TENNYSON, 1838 7 OLD GRAMMAR SCHOOL, LOUTH 7 ARTHUR H. HALLAM (from the bust by Chantrey) 8 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the medallion by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 9 THE LADY OF SHALOTT 10 THE PALACE OF ART 11 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the bust by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 12 MARIANA IN THE SOUTH 13 STOCKWORTH MILL 14 CLEVEDON CHURCH 14 GERAINT AND EDYRN 15 IN MEMORIAM (“Man dies: nor is there hope in dust”) 16 IN MEMORIAM (“Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky”) 17 LADY TENNYSON 18 HORNCASTLE (the home of Emily Sellwood) 19 GRASBY CHURCH 20 CHAPEL HOUSE, TWICKENHAM (Tennyson’s first home after his marriage) 20 ELAINE 21 ALFRED TENNYSON (1867) 22 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A., 1859) 23 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the chalk drawing by M. Arnault) 24 FARRINGFORD (Tennyson’s residence at Freshwater) 25 TENNYSON (about 1871) 26 MERLIN AND VIVIEN 27 FACSIMILE OF TENNYSON’S MANUSCRIPT, “CROSSING THE BAR” 28 GLADE AT FARRINGFORD (from a water-colour drawing by Mrs. Allingham) 29 FRESHWATER 30 FRESHWATER BAY 30 GUINEVERE 31 ALFRED TENNYSON 32 TENNYSON’S LANE, HASLEMERE 33 ALDWORTH (Tennyson’s home near Haslemere) 33 TENNYSON’S MEMORIAL, BEACON HILL, FRESHWATER 34 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A.) 35 TENNYSON It was merely the accident of his hour, the call of his age, which made Tennyson a philosophic poet.

peculiaradjectiveUS /pəˈkjuːljər/

beyond or deviating from the usual or expected

From this reading He was naturally not only a pure lover of beauty, but a pure lover of beauty in a much more peculiar and distinguished sense even than a man like Keats, or a man like Robert Bridges.

personaladjectiveUS /ˈpɜːrsɪnəl/

concerning or affecting a particular person or his or her private life and personality

From this reading Above all, he exhibited his abstract love of the beautiful in one most personal and characteristic fact.

philosophicadjectiveUS /ˌfɪləˈsɑːfɪk/

of or relating to philosophy or philosophers

From this reading RICHARD GARNETT, C.B. ALFRED TENNYSON (from the painting by Samuel Laurence) 5 TENNYSON’S MOTHER 6 BAG ENDERBY CHURCH 6 ALFRED TENNYSON, 1838 7 OLD GRAMMAR SCHOOL, LOUTH 7 ARTHUR H. HALLAM (from the bust by Chantrey) 8 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the medallion by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 9 THE LADY OF SHALOTT 10 THE PALACE OF ART 11 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the bust by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 12 MARIANA IN THE SOUTH 13 STOCKWORTH MILL 14 CLEVEDON CHURCH 14 GERAINT AND EDYRN 15 IN MEMORIAM (“Man dies: nor is there hope in dust”) 16 IN MEMORIAM (“Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky”) 17 LADY TENNYSON 18 HORNCASTLE (the home of Emily Sellwood) 19 GRASBY CHURCH 20 CHAPEL HOUSE, TWICKENHAM (Tennyson’s first home after his marriage) 20 ELAINE 21 ALFRED TENNYSON (1867) 22 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A., 1859) 23 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the chalk drawing by M. Arnault) 24 FARRINGFORD (Tennyson’s residence at Freshwater) 25 TENNYSON (about 1871) 26 MERLIN AND VIVIEN 27 FACSIMILE OF TENNYSON’S MANUSCRIPT, “CROSSING THE BAR” 28 GLADE AT FARRINGFORD (from a water-colour drawing by Mrs. Allingham) 29 FRESHWATER 30 FRESHWATER BAY 30 GUINEVERE 31 ALFRED TENNYSON 32 TENNYSON’S LANE, HASLEMERE 33 ALDWORTH (Tennyson’s home near Haslemere) 33 TENNYSON’S MEMORIAL, BEACON HILL, FRESHWATER 34 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A.) 35 TENNYSON It was merely the accident of his hour, the call of his age, which made Tennyson a philosophic poet.

poetnounUS /ˈpoʊət/

a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry)

From this reading RICHARD GARNETT, C.B. ALFRED TENNYSON (from the painting by Samuel Laurence) 5 TENNYSON’S MOTHER 6 BAG ENDERBY CHURCH 6 ALFRED TENNYSON, 1838 7 OLD GRAMMAR SCHOOL, LOUTH 7 ARTHUR H. HALLAM (from the bust by Chantrey) 8 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the medallion by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 9 THE LADY OF SHALOTT 10 THE PALACE OF ART 11 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the bust by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 12 MARIANA IN THE SOUTH 13 STOCKWORTH MILL 14 CLEVEDON CHURCH 14 GERAINT AND EDYRN 15 IN MEMORIAM (“Man dies: nor is there hope in dust”) 16 IN MEMORIAM (“Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky”) 17 LADY TENNYSON 18 HORNCASTLE (the home of Emily Sellwood) 19 GRASBY CHURCH 20 CHAPEL HOUSE, TWICKENHAM (Tennyson’s first home after his marriage) 20 ELAINE 21 ALFRED TENNYSON (1867) 22 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A., 1859) 23 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the chalk drawing by M. Arnault) 24 FARRINGFORD (Tennyson’s residence at Freshwater) 25 TENNYSON (about 1871) 26 MERLIN AND VIVIEN 27 FACSIMILE OF TENNYSON’S MANUSCRIPT, “CROSSING THE BAR” 28 GLADE AT FARRINGFORD (from a water-colour drawing by Mrs. Allingham) 29 FRESHWATER 30 FRESHWATER BAY 30 GUINEVERE 31 ALFRED TENNYSON 32 TENNYSON’S LANE, HASLEMERE 33 ALDWORTH (Tennyson’s home near Haslemere) 33 TENNYSON’S MEMORIAL, BEACON HILL, FRESHWATER 34 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A.) 35 TENNYSON It was merely the accident of his hour, the call of his age, which made Tennyson a philosophic poet.

portraitnounUS /ˈpɔːrtrət/

a word picture of a person's appearance and character

From this reading RICHARD GARNETT, C.B. ALFRED TENNYSON (from the painting by Samuel Laurence) 5 TENNYSON’S MOTHER 6 BAG ENDERBY CHURCH 6 ALFRED TENNYSON, 1838 7 OLD GRAMMAR SCHOOL, LOUTH 7 ARTHUR H. HALLAM (from the bust by Chantrey) 8 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the medallion by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 9 THE LADY OF SHALOTT 10 THE PALACE OF ART 11 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the bust by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 12 MARIANA IN THE SOUTH 13 STOCKWORTH MILL 14 CLEVEDON CHURCH 14 GERAINT AND EDYRN 15 IN MEMORIAM (“Man dies: nor is there hope in dust”) 16 IN MEMORIAM (“Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky”) 17 LADY TENNYSON 18 HORNCASTLE (the home of Emily Sellwood) 19 GRASBY CHURCH 20 CHAPEL HOUSE, TWICKENHAM (Tennyson’s first home after his marriage) 20 ELAINE 21 ALFRED TENNYSON (1867) 22 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A., 1859) 23 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the chalk drawing by M. Arnault) 24 FARRINGFORD (Tennyson’s residence at Freshwater) 25 TENNYSON (about 1871) 26 MERLIN AND VIVIEN 27 FACSIMILE OF TENNYSON’S MANUSCRIPT, “CROSSING THE BAR” 28 GLADE AT FARRINGFORD (from a water-colour drawing by Mrs. Allingham) 29 FRESHWATER 30 FRESHWATER BAY 30 GUINEVERE 31 ALFRED TENNYSON 32 TENNYSON’S LANE, HASLEMERE 33 ALDWORTH (Tennyson’s home near Haslemere) 33 TENNYSON’S MEMORIAL, BEACON HILL, FRESHWATER 34 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A.) 35 TENNYSON It was merely the accident of his hour, the call of his age, which made Tennyson a philosophic poet.

pureadjectiveUS /pjʊr/

free of extraneous elements of any kind

From this reading He was naturally not only a pure lover of beauty, but a pure lover of beauty in a much more peculiar and distinguished sense even than a man like Keats, or a man like Robert Bridges.

RnounUS /ɑːr/

a unit of radiation exposure; the dose of ionizing radiation that will produce 1 electrostatic unit of electricity in 1 cc of dry air

From this reading RICHARD GARNETT, C.B. ALFRED TENNYSON (from the painting by Samuel Laurence) 5 TENNYSON’S MOTHER 6 BAG ENDERBY CHURCH 6 ALFRED TENNYSON, 1838 7 OLD GRAMMAR SCHOOL, LOUTH 7 ARTHUR H. HALLAM (from the bust by Chantrey) 8 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the medallion by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 9 THE LADY OF SHALOTT 10 THE PALACE OF ART 11 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the bust by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 12 MARIANA IN THE SOUTH 13 STOCKWORTH MILL 14 CLEVEDON CHURCH 14 GERAINT AND EDYRN 15 IN MEMORIAM (“Man dies: nor is there hope in dust”) 16 IN MEMORIAM (“Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky”) 17 LADY TENNYSON 18 HORNCASTLE (the home of Emily Sellwood) 19 GRASBY CHURCH 20 CHAPEL HOUSE, TWICKENHAM (Tennyson’s first home after his marriage) 20 ELAINE 21 ALFRED TENNYSON (1867) 22 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A., 1859) 23 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the chalk drawing by M. Arnault) 24 FARRINGFORD (Tennyson’s residence at Freshwater) 25 TENNYSON (about 1871) 26 MERLIN AND VIVIEN 27 FACSIMILE OF TENNYSON’S MANUSCRIPT, “CROSSING THE BAR” 28 GLADE AT FARRINGFORD (from a water-colour drawing by Mrs. Allingham) 29 FRESHWATER 30 FRESHWATER BAY 30 GUINEVERE 31 ALFRED TENNYSON 32 TENNYSON’S LANE, HASLEMERE 33 ALDWORTH (Tennyson’s home near Haslemere) 33 TENNYSON’S MEMORIAL, BEACON HILL, FRESHWATER 34 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A.) 35 TENNYSON It was merely the accident of his hour, the call of his age, which made Tennyson a philosophic poet.

ratheradverbUS /ˈræðər/

on the contrary

From this reading He gave us scenes of Nature that cannot easily be surpassed, but he chose them like a landscape painter rather than like a religious poet.

religiousadjectiveUS /rɪˈlɪdʒəs/

concerned with sacred matters or religion or the church

From this reading He gave us scenes of Nature that cannot easily be surpassed, but he chose them like a landscape painter rather than like a religious poet.

residencenounUS /ˈrezɪdəns/

any address at which you dwell more than temporarily

From this reading RICHARD GARNETT, C.B. ALFRED TENNYSON (from the painting by Samuel Laurence) 5 TENNYSON’S MOTHER 6 BAG ENDERBY CHURCH 6 ALFRED TENNYSON, 1838 7 OLD GRAMMAR SCHOOL, LOUTH 7 ARTHUR H. HALLAM (from the bust by Chantrey) 8 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the medallion by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 9 THE LADY OF SHALOTT 10 THE PALACE OF ART 11 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the bust by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 12 MARIANA IN THE SOUTH 13 STOCKWORTH MILL 14 CLEVEDON CHURCH 14 GERAINT AND EDYRN 15 IN MEMORIAM (“Man dies: nor is there hope in dust”) 16 IN MEMORIAM (“Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky”) 17 LADY TENNYSON 18 HORNCASTLE (the home of Emily Sellwood) 19 GRASBY CHURCH 20 CHAPEL HOUSE, TWICKENHAM (Tennyson’s first home after his marriage) 20 ELAINE 21 ALFRED TENNYSON (1867) 22 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A., 1859) 23 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the chalk drawing by M. Arnault) 24 FARRINGFORD (Tennyson’s residence at Freshwater) 25 TENNYSON (about 1871) 26 MERLIN AND VIVIEN 27 FACSIMILE OF TENNYSON’S MANUSCRIPT, “CROSSING THE BAR” 28 GLADE AT FARRINGFORD (from a water-colour drawing by Mrs. Allingham) 29 FRESHWATER 30 FRESHWATER BAY 30 GUINEVERE 31 ALFRED TENNYSON 32 TENNYSON’S LANE, HASLEMERE 33 ALDWORTH (Tennyson’s home near Haslemere) 33 TENNYSON’S MEMORIAL, BEACON HILL, FRESHWATER 34 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A.) 35 TENNYSON It was merely the accident of his hour, the call of his age, which made Tennyson a philosophic poet.

RICHARD

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From this reading RICHARD GARNETT, C.B. ALFRED TENNYSON (from the painting by Samuel Laurence) 5 TENNYSON’S MOTHER 6 BAG ENDERBY CHURCH 6 ALFRED TENNYSON, 1838 7 OLD GRAMMAR SCHOOL, LOUTH 7 ARTHUR H. HALLAM (from the bust by Chantrey) 8 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the medallion by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 9 THE LADY OF SHALOTT 10 THE PALACE OF ART 11 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the bust by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 12 MARIANA IN THE SOUTH 13 STOCKWORTH MILL 14 CLEVEDON CHURCH 14 GERAINT AND EDYRN 15 IN MEMORIAM (“Man dies: nor is there hope in dust”) 16 IN MEMORIAM (“Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky”) 17 LADY TENNYSON 18 HORNCASTLE (the home of Emily Sellwood) 19 GRASBY CHURCH 20 CHAPEL HOUSE, TWICKENHAM (Tennyson’s first home after his marriage) 20 ELAINE 21 ALFRED TENNYSON (1867) 22 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A., 1859) 23 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the chalk drawing by M. Arnault) 24 FARRINGFORD (Tennyson’s residence at Freshwater) 25 TENNYSON (about 1871) 26 MERLIN AND VIVIEN 27 FACSIMILE OF TENNYSON’S MANUSCRIPT, “CROSSING THE BAR” 28 GLADE AT FARRINGFORD (from a water-colour drawing by Mrs. Allingham) 29 FRESHWATER 30 FRESHWATER BAY 30 GUINEVERE 31 ALFRED TENNYSON 32 TENNYSON’S LANE, HASLEMERE 33 ALDWORTH (Tennyson’s home near Haslemere) 33 TENNYSON’S MEMORIAL, BEACON HILL, FRESHWATER 34 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A.) 35 TENNYSON It was merely the accident of his hour, the call of his age, which made Tennyson a philosophic poet.

RingverbUS /rɪŋ/

sound loudly and sonorously

From this reading RICHARD GARNETT, C.B. ALFRED TENNYSON (from the painting by Samuel Laurence) 5 TENNYSON’S MOTHER 6 BAG ENDERBY CHURCH 6 ALFRED TENNYSON, 1838 7 OLD GRAMMAR SCHOOL, LOUTH 7 ARTHUR H. HALLAM (from the bust by Chantrey) 8 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the medallion by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 9 THE LADY OF SHALOTT 10 THE PALACE OF ART 11 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the bust by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 12 MARIANA IN THE SOUTH 13 STOCKWORTH MILL 14 CLEVEDON CHURCH 14 GERAINT AND EDYRN 15 IN MEMORIAM (“Man dies: nor is there hope in dust”) 16 IN MEMORIAM (“Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky”) 17 LADY TENNYSON 18 HORNCASTLE (the home of Emily Sellwood) 19 GRASBY CHURCH 20 CHAPEL HOUSE, TWICKENHAM (Tennyson’s first home after his marriage) 20 ELAINE 21 ALFRED TENNYSON (1867) 22 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A., 1859) 23 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the chalk drawing by M. Arnault) 24 FARRINGFORD (Tennyson’s residence at Freshwater) 25 TENNYSON (about 1871) 26 MERLIN AND VIVIEN 27 FACSIMILE OF TENNYSON’S MANUSCRIPT, “CROSSING THE BAR” 28 GLADE AT FARRINGFORD (from a water-colour drawing by Mrs. Allingham) 29 FRESHWATER 30 FRESHWATER BAY 30 GUINEVERE 31 ALFRED TENNYSON 32 TENNYSON’S LANE, HASLEMERE 33 ALDWORTH (Tennyson’s home near Haslemere) 33 TENNYSON’S MEMORIAL, BEACON HILL, FRESHWATER 34 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A.) 35 TENNYSON It was merely the accident of his hour, the call of his age, which made Tennyson a philosophic poet.

RobertnounUS /ˈrɑːbərt/

United States parliamentary authority and author (in 1876) of Robert's Rules of Order (1837-1923)

From this reading He was naturally not only a pure lover of beauty, but a pure lover of beauty in a much more peculiar and distinguished sense even than a man like Keats, or a man like Robert Bridges.

SamuelnounUS /ˈsæmjuːl/

(Old Testament) Hebrew prophet and judge who anointed Saul as king

From this reading RICHARD GARNETT, C.B. ALFRED TENNYSON (from the painting by Samuel Laurence) 5 TENNYSON’S MOTHER 6 BAG ENDERBY CHURCH 6 ALFRED TENNYSON, 1838 7 OLD GRAMMAR SCHOOL, LOUTH 7 ARTHUR H. HALLAM (from the bust by Chantrey) 8 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the medallion by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 9 THE LADY OF SHALOTT 10 THE PALACE OF ART 11 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the bust by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 12 MARIANA IN THE SOUTH 13 STOCKWORTH MILL 14 CLEVEDON CHURCH 14 GERAINT AND EDYRN 15 IN MEMORIAM (“Man dies: nor is there hope in dust”) 16 IN MEMORIAM (“Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky”) 17 LADY TENNYSON 18 HORNCASTLE (the home of Emily Sellwood) 19 GRASBY CHURCH 20 CHAPEL HOUSE, TWICKENHAM (Tennyson’s first home after his marriage) 20 ELAINE 21 ALFRED TENNYSON (1867) 22 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A., 1859) 23 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the chalk drawing by M. Arnault) 24 FARRINGFORD (Tennyson’s residence at Freshwater) 25 TENNYSON (about 1871) 26 MERLIN AND VIVIEN 27 FACSIMILE OF TENNYSON’S MANUSCRIPT, “CROSSING THE BAR” 28 GLADE AT FARRINGFORD (from a water-colour drawing by Mrs. Allingham) 29 FRESHWATER 30 FRESHWATER BAY 30 GUINEVERE 31 ALFRED TENNYSON 32 TENNYSON’S LANE, HASLEMERE 33 ALDWORTH (Tennyson’s home near Haslemere) 33 TENNYSON’S MEMORIAL, BEACON HILL, FRESHWATER 34 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A.) 35 TENNYSON It was merely the accident of his hour, the call of his age, which made Tennyson a philosophic poet.

scenesnounUS /siːnz/

plural of “scene” — the place where some action occurs

From this reading He gave us scenes of Nature that cannot easily be surpassed, but he chose them like a landscape painter rather than like a religious poet.

SCHOOLnounUS /skuːl/

an educational institution

From this reading RICHARD GARNETT, C.B. ALFRED TENNYSON (from the painting by Samuel Laurence) 5 TENNYSON’S MOTHER 6 BAG ENDERBY CHURCH 6 ALFRED TENNYSON, 1838 7 OLD GRAMMAR SCHOOL, LOUTH 7 ARTHUR H. HALLAM (from the bust by Chantrey) 8 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the medallion by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 9 THE LADY OF SHALOTT 10 THE PALACE OF ART 11 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the bust by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 12 MARIANA IN THE SOUTH 13 STOCKWORTH MILL 14 CLEVEDON CHURCH 14 GERAINT AND EDYRN 15 IN MEMORIAM (“Man dies: nor is there hope in dust”) 16 IN MEMORIAM (“Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky”) 17 LADY TENNYSON 18 HORNCASTLE (the home of Emily Sellwood) 19 GRASBY CHURCH 20 CHAPEL HOUSE, TWICKENHAM (Tennyson’s first home after his marriage) 20 ELAINE 21 ALFRED TENNYSON (1867) 22 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A., 1859) 23 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the chalk drawing by M. Arnault) 24 FARRINGFORD (Tennyson’s residence at Freshwater) 25 TENNYSON (about 1871) 26 MERLIN AND VIVIEN 27 FACSIMILE OF TENNYSON’S MANUSCRIPT, “CROSSING THE BAR” 28 GLADE AT FARRINGFORD (from a water-colour drawing by Mrs. Allingham) 29 FRESHWATER 30 FRESHWATER BAY 30 GUINEVERE 31 ALFRED TENNYSON 32 TENNYSON’S LANE, HASLEMERE 33 ALDWORTH (Tennyson’s home near Haslemere) 33 TENNYSON’S MEMORIAL, BEACON HILL, FRESHWATER 34 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A.) 35 TENNYSON It was merely the accident of his hour, the call of his age, which made Tennyson a philosophic poet.

Sellwood

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From this reading RICHARD GARNETT, C.B. ALFRED TENNYSON (from the painting by Samuel Laurence) 5 TENNYSON’S MOTHER 6 BAG ENDERBY CHURCH 6 ALFRED TENNYSON, 1838 7 OLD GRAMMAR SCHOOL, LOUTH 7 ARTHUR H. HALLAM (from the bust by Chantrey) 8 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the medallion by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 9 THE LADY OF SHALOTT 10 THE PALACE OF ART 11 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the bust by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 12 MARIANA IN THE SOUTH 13 STOCKWORTH MILL 14 CLEVEDON CHURCH 14 GERAINT AND EDYRN 15 IN MEMORIAM (“Man dies: nor is there hope in dust”) 16 IN MEMORIAM (“Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky”) 17 LADY TENNYSON 18 HORNCASTLE (the home of Emily Sellwood) 19 GRASBY CHURCH 20 CHAPEL HOUSE, TWICKENHAM (Tennyson’s first home after his marriage) 20 ELAINE 21 ALFRED TENNYSON (1867) 22 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A., 1859) 23 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the chalk drawing by M. Arnault) 24 FARRINGFORD (Tennyson’s residence at Freshwater) 25 TENNYSON (about 1871) 26 MERLIN AND VIVIEN 27 FACSIMILE OF TENNYSON’S MANUSCRIPT, “CROSSING THE BAR” 28 GLADE AT FARRINGFORD (from a water-colour drawing by Mrs. Allingham) 29 FRESHWATER 30 FRESHWATER BAY 30 GUINEVERE 31 ALFRED TENNYSON 32 TENNYSON’S LANE, HASLEMERE 33 ALDWORTH (Tennyson’s home near Haslemere) 33 TENNYSON’S MEMORIAL, BEACON HILL, FRESHWATER 34 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A.) 35 TENNYSON It was merely the accident of his hour, the call of his age, which made Tennyson a philosophic poet.

sensenounUS /sens/

a general conscious awareness

From this reading He was naturally not only a pure lover of beauty, but a pure lover of beauty in a much more peculiar and distinguished sense even than a man like Keats, or a man like Robert Bridges.

SHALOTT

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From this reading RICHARD GARNETT, C.B. ALFRED TENNYSON (from the painting by Samuel Laurence) 5 TENNYSON’S MOTHER 6 BAG ENDERBY CHURCH 6 ALFRED TENNYSON, 1838 7 OLD GRAMMAR SCHOOL, LOUTH 7 ARTHUR H. HALLAM (from the bust by Chantrey) 8 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the medallion by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 9 THE LADY OF SHALOTT 10 THE PALACE OF ART 11 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the bust by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 12 MARIANA IN THE SOUTH 13 STOCKWORTH MILL 14 CLEVEDON CHURCH 14 GERAINT AND EDYRN 15 IN MEMORIAM (“Man dies: nor is there hope in dust”) 16 IN MEMORIAM (“Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky”) 17 LADY TENNYSON 18 HORNCASTLE (the home of Emily Sellwood) 19 GRASBY CHURCH 20 CHAPEL HOUSE, TWICKENHAM (Tennyson’s first home after his marriage) 20 ELAINE 21 ALFRED TENNYSON (1867) 22 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A., 1859) 23 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the chalk drawing by M. Arnault) 24 FARRINGFORD (Tennyson’s residence at Freshwater) 25 TENNYSON (about 1871) 26 MERLIN AND VIVIEN 27 FACSIMILE OF TENNYSON’S MANUSCRIPT, “CROSSING THE BAR” 28 GLADE AT FARRINGFORD (from a water-colour drawing by Mrs. Allingham) 29 FRESHWATER 30 FRESHWATER BAY 30 GUINEVERE 31 ALFRED TENNYSON 32 TENNYSON’S LANE, HASLEMERE 33 ALDWORTH (Tennyson’s home near Haslemere) 33 TENNYSON’S MEMORIAL, BEACON HILL, FRESHWATER 34 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A.) 35 TENNYSON It was merely the accident of his hour, the call of his age, which made Tennyson a philosophic poet.

skynounUS /skaɪ/

the atmosphere and outer space as viewed from the earth

From this reading RICHARD GARNETT, C.B. ALFRED TENNYSON (from the painting by Samuel Laurence) 5 TENNYSON’S MOTHER 6 BAG ENDERBY CHURCH 6 ALFRED TENNYSON, 1838 7 OLD GRAMMAR SCHOOL, LOUTH 7 ARTHUR H. HALLAM (from the bust by Chantrey) 8 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the medallion by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 9 THE LADY OF SHALOTT 10 THE PALACE OF ART 11 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the bust by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 12 MARIANA IN THE SOUTH 13 STOCKWORTH MILL 14 CLEVEDON CHURCH 14 GERAINT AND EDYRN 15 IN MEMORIAM (“Man dies: nor is there hope in dust”) 16 IN MEMORIAM (“Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky”) 17 LADY TENNYSON 18 HORNCASTLE (the home of Emily Sellwood) 19 GRASBY CHURCH 20 CHAPEL HOUSE, TWICKENHAM (Tennyson’s first home after his marriage) 20 ELAINE 21 ALFRED TENNYSON (1867) 22 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A., 1859) 23 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the chalk drawing by M. Arnault) 24 FARRINGFORD (Tennyson’s residence at Freshwater) 25 TENNYSON (about 1871) 26 MERLIN AND VIVIEN 27 FACSIMILE OF TENNYSON’S MANUSCRIPT, “CROSSING THE BAR” 28 GLADE AT FARRINGFORD (from a water-colour drawing by Mrs. Allingham) 29 FRESHWATER 30 FRESHWATER BAY 30 GUINEVERE 31 ALFRED TENNYSON 32 TENNYSON’S LANE, HASLEMERE 33 ALDWORTH (Tennyson’s home near Haslemere) 33 TENNYSON’S MEMORIAL, BEACON HILL, FRESHWATER 34 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A.) 35 TENNYSON It was merely the accident of his hour, the call of his age, which made Tennyson a philosophic poet.

SOUTHnounUS /saʊθ/

the region of the United States lying to the south of the Mason-Dixon line

From this reading RICHARD GARNETT, C.B. ALFRED TENNYSON (from the painting by Samuel Laurence) 5 TENNYSON’S MOTHER 6 BAG ENDERBY CHURCH 6 ALFRED TENNYSON, 1838 7 OLD GRAMMAR SCHOOL, LOUTH 7 ARTHUR H. HALLAM (from the bust by Chantrey) 8 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the medallion by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 9 THE LADY OF SHALOTT 10 THE PALACE OF ART 11 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the bust by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 12 MARIANA IN THE SOUTH 13 STOCKWORTH MILL 14 CLEVEDON CHURCH 14 GERAINT AND EDYRN 15 IN MEMORIAM (“Man dies: nor is there hope in dust”) 16 IN MEMORIAM (“Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky”) 17 LADY TENNYSON 18 HORNCASTLE (the home of Emily Sellwood) 19 GRASBY CHURCH 20 CHAPEL HOUSE, TWICKENHAM (Tennyson’s first home after his marriage) 20 ELAINE 21 ALFRED TENNYSON (1867) 22 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A., 1859) 23 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the chalk drawing by M. Arnault) 24 FARRINGFORD (Tennyson’s residence at Freshwater) 25 TENNYSON (about 1871) 26 MERLIN AND VIVIEN 27 FACSIMILE OF TENNYSON’S MANUSCRIPT, “CROSSING THE BAR” 28 GLADE AT FARRINGFORD (from a water-colour drawing by Mrs. Allingham) 29 FRESHWATER 30 FRESHWATER BAY 30 GUINEVERE 31 ALFRED TENNYSON 32 TENNYSON’S LANE, HASLEMERE 33 ALDWORTH (Tennyson’s home near Haslemere) 33 TENNYSON’S MEMORIAL, BEACON HILL, FRESHWATER 34 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A.) 35 TENNYSON It was merely the accident of his hour, the call of his age, which made Tennyson a philosophic poet.

STOCKWORTH

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From this reading RICHARD GARNETT, C.B. ALFRED TENNYSON (from the painting by Samuel Laurence) 5 TENNYSON’S MOTHER 6 BAG ENDERBY CHURCH 6 ALFRED TENNYSON, 1838 7 OLD GRAMMAR SCHOOL, LOUTH 7 ARTHUR H. HALLAM (from the bust by Chantrey) 8 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the medallion by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 9 THE LADY OF SHALOTT 10 THE PALACE OF ART 11 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the bust by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 12 MARIANA IN THE SOUTH 13 STOCKWORTH MILL 14 CLEVEDON CHURCH 14 GERAINT AND EDYRN 15 IN MEMORIAM (“Man dies: nor is there hope in dust”) 16 IN MEMORIAM (“Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky”) 17 LADY TENNYSON 18 HORNCASTLE (the home of Emily Sellwood) 19 GRASBY CHURCH 20 CHAPEL HOUSE, TWICKENHAM (Tennyson’s first home after his marriage) 20 ELAINE 21 ALFRED TENNYSON (1867) 22 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A., 1859) 23 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the chalk drawing by M. Arnault) 24 FARRINGFORD (Tennyson’s residence at Freshwater) 25 TENNYSON (about 1871) 26 MERLIN AND VIVIEN 27 FACSIMILE OF TENNYSON’S MANUSCRIPT, “CROSSING THE BAR” 28 GLADE AT FARRINGFORD (from a water-colour drawing by Mrs. Allingham) 29 FRESHWATER 30 FRESHWATER BAY 30 GUINEVERE 31 ALFRED TENNYSON 32 TENNYSON’S LANE, HASLEMERE 33 ALDWORTH (Tennyson’s home near Haslemere) 33 TENNYSON’S MEMORIAL, BEACON HILL, FRESHWATER 34 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A.) 35 TENNYSON It was merely the accident of his hour, the call of his age, which made Tennyson a philosophic poet.

surpassedverbUS /sərˈpæst/

past form of “surpass” — distinguish oneself

From this reading He gave us scenes of Nature that cannot easily be surpassed, but he chose them like a landscape painter rather than like a religious poet.

TENNYSONnounUS /ˈtenɪsən/

Englishman and Victorian poet (1809-1892)

From this reading RICHARD GARNETT, C.B. ALFRED TENNYSON (from the painting by Samuel Laurence) 5 TENNYSON’S MOTHER 6 BAG ENDERBY CHURCH 6 ALFRED TENNYSON, 1838 7 OLD GRAMMAR SCHOOL, LOUTH 7 ARTHUR H. HALLAM (from the bust by Chantrey) 8 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the medallion by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 9 THE LADY OF SHALOTT 10 THE PALACE OF ART 11 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the bust by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 12 MARIANA IN THE SOUTH 13 STOCKWORTH MILL 14 CLEVEDON CHURCH 14 GERAINT AND EDYRN 15 IN MEMORIAM (“Man dies: nor is there hope in dust”) 16 IN MEMORIAM (“Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky”) 17 LADY TENNYSON 18 HORNCASTLE (the home of Emily Sellwood) 19 GRASBY CHURCH 20 CHAPEL HOUSE, TWICKENHAM (Tennyson’s first home after his marriage) 20 ELAINE 21 ALFRED TENNYSON (1867) 22 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A., 1859) 23 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the chalk drawing by M. Arnault) 24 FARRINGFORD (Tennyson’s residence at Freshwater) 25 TENNYSON (about 1871) 26 MERLIN AND VIVIEN 27 FACSIMILE OF TENNYSON’S MANUSCRIPT, “CROSSING THE BAR” 28 GLADE AT FARRINGFORD (from a water-colour drawing by Mrs. Allingham) 29 FRESHWATER 30 FRESHWATER BAY 30 GUINEVERE 31 ALFRED TENNYSON 32 TENNYSON’S LANE, HASLEMERE 33 ALDWORTH (Tennyson’s home near Haslemere) 33 TENNYSON’S MEMORIAL, BEACON HILL, FRESHWATER 34 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A.) 35 TENNYSON It was merely the accident of his hour, the call of his age, which made Tennyson a philosophic poet.

TENNYSON'S

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From this reading RICHARD GARNETT, C.B. ALFRED TENNYSON (from the painting by Samuel Laurence) 5 TENNYSON’S MOTHER 6 BAG ENDERBY CHURCH 6 ALFRED TENNYSON, 1838 7 OLD GRAMMAR SCHOOL, LOUTH 7 ARTHUR H. HALLAM (from the bust by Chantrey) 8 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the medallion by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 9 THE LADY OF SHALOTT 10 THE PALACE OF ART 11 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the bust by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 12 MARIANA IN THE SOUTH 13 STOCKWORTH MILL 14 CLEVEDON CHURCH 14 GERAINT AND EDYRN 15 IN MEMORIAM (“Man dies: nor is there hope in dust”) 16 IN MEMORIAM (“Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky”) 17 LADY TENNYSON 18 HORNCASTLE (the home of Emily Sellwood) 19 GRASBY CHURCH 20 CHAPEL HOUSE, TWICKENHAM (Tennyson’s first home after his marriage) 20 ELAINE 21 ALFRED TENNYSON (1867) 22 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A., 1859) 23 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the chalk drawing by M. Arnault) 24 FARRINGFORD (Tennyson’s residence at Freshwater) 25 TENNYSON (about 1871) 26 MERLIN AND VIVIEN 27 FACSIMILE OF TENNYSON’S MANUSCRIPT, “CROSSING THE BAR” 28 GLADE AT FARRINGFORD (from a water-colour drawing by Mrs. Allingham) 29 FRESHWATER 30 FRESHWATER BAY 30 GUINEVERE 31 ALFRED TENNYSON 32 TENNYSON’S LANE, HASLEMERE 33 ALDWORTH (Tennyson’s home near Haslemere) 33 TENNYSON’S MEMORIAL, BEACON HILL, FRESHWATER 34 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A.) 35 TENNYSON It was merely the accident of his hour, the call of his age, which made Tennyson a philosophic poet.

thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/

used to introduce the second part of a comparison

From this reading He was naturally not only a pure lover of beauty, but a pure lover of beauty in a much more peculiar and distinguished sense even than a man like Keats, or a man like Robert Bridges.

thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading He gave us scenes of Nature that cannot easily be surpassed, but he chose them like a landscape painter rather than like a religious poet.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading RICHARD GARNETT, C.B. ALFRED TENNYSON (from the painting by Samuel Laurence) 5 TENNYSON’S MOTHER 6 BAG ENDERBY CHURCH 6 ALFRED TENNYSON, 1838 7 OLD GRAMMAR SCHOOL, LOUTH 7 ARTHUR H. HALLAM (from the bust by Chantrey) 8 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the medallion by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 9 THE LADY OF SHALOTT 10 THE PALACE OF ART 11 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the bust by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 12 MARIANA IN THE SOUTH 13 STOCKWORTH MILL 14 CLEVEDON CHURCH 14 GERAINT AND EDYRN 15 IN MEMORIAM (“Man dies: nor is there hope in dust”) 16 IN MEMORIAM (“Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky”) 17 LADY TENNYSON 18 HORNCASTLE (the home of Emily Sellwood) 19 GRASBY CHURCH 20 CHAPEL HOUSE, TWICKENHAM (Tennyson’s first home after his marriage) 20 ELAINE 21 ALFRED TENNYSON (1867) 22 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A., 1859) 23 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the chalk drawing by M. Arnault) 24 FARRINGFORD (Tennyson’s residence at Freshwater) 25 TENNYSON (about 1871) 26 MERLIN AND VIVIEN 27 FACSIMILE OF TENNYSON’S MANUSCRIPT, “CROSSING THE BAR” 28 GLADE AT FARRINGFORD (from a water-colour drawing by Mrs. Allingham) 29 FRESHWATER 30 FRESHWATER BAY 30 GUINEVERE 31 ALFRED TENNYSON 32 TENNYSON’S LANE, HASLEMERE 33 ALDWORTH (Tennyson’s home near Haslemere) 33 TENNYSON’S MEMORIAL, BEACON HILL, FRESHWATER 34 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A.) 35 TENNYSON It was merely the accident of his hour, the call of his age, which made Tennyson a philosophic poet.

thempronounUS /ðem/

the people or things already mentioned, as the object

From this reading He gave us scenes of Nature that cannot easily be surpassed, but he chose them like a landscape painter rather than like a religious poet.

thereadverbUS /ðer/

in or at that place or location

From this reading RICHARD GARNETT, C.B. ALFRED TENNYSON (from the painting by Samuel Laurence) 5 TENNYSON’S MOTHER 6 BAG ENDERBY CHURCH 6 ALFRED TENNYSON, 1838 7 OLD GRAMMAR SCHOOL, LOUTH 7 ARTHUR H. HALLAM (from the bust by Chantrey) 8 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the medallion by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 9 THE LADY OF SHALOTT 10 THE PALACE OF ART 11 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the bust by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 12 MARIANA IN THE SOUTH 13 STOCKWORTH MILL 14 CLEVEDON CHURCH 14 GERAINT AND EDYRN 15 IN MEMORIAM (“Man dies: nor is there hope in dust”) 16 IN MEMORIAM (“Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky”) 17 LADY TENNYSON 18 HORNCASTLE (the home of Emily Sellwood) 19 GRASBY CHURCH 20 CHAPEL HOUSE, TWICKENHAM (Tennyson’s first home after his marriage) 20 ELAINE 21 ALFRED TENNYSON (1867) 22 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A., 1859) 23 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the chalk drawing by M. Arnault) 24 FARRINGFORD (Tennyson’s residence at Freshwater) 25 TENNYSON (about 1871) 26 MERLIN AND VIVIEN 27 FACSIMILE OF TENNYSON’S MANUSCRIPT, “CROSSING THE BAR” 28 GLADE AT FARRINGFORD (from a water-colour drawing by Mrs. Allingham) 29 FRESHWATER 30 FRESHWATER BAY 30 GUINEVERE 31 ALFRED TENNYSON 32 TENNYSON’S LANE, HASLEMERE 33 ALDWORTH (Tennyson’s home near Haslemere) 33 TENNYSON’S MEMORIAL, BEACON HILL, FRESHWATER 34 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A.) 35 TENNYSON It was merely the accident of his hour, the call of his age, which made Tennyson a philosophic poet.

ThomasnounUS /ˈtɑːməs/

United States clockmaker who introduced mass production (1785-1859)

From this reading RICHARD GARNETT, C.B. ALFRED TENNYSON (from the painting by Samuel Laurence) 5 TENNYSON’S MOTHER 6 BAG ENDERBY CHURCH 6 ALFRED TENNYSON, 1838 7 OLD GRAMMAR SCHOOL, LOUTH 7 ARTHUR H. HALLAM (from the bust by Chantrey) 8 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the medallion by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 9 THE LADY OF SHALOTT 10 THE PALACE OF ART 11 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the bust by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 12 MARIANA IN THE SOUTH 13 STOCKWORTH MILL 14 CLEVEDON CHURCH 14 GERAINT AND EDYRN 15 IN MEMORIAM (“Man dies: nor is there hope in dust”) 16 IN MEMORIAM (“Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky”) 17 LADY TENNYSON 18 HORNCASTLE (the home of Emily Sellwood) 19 GRASBY CHURCH 20 CHAPEL HOUSE, TWICKENHAM (Tennyson’s first home after his marriage) 20 ELAINE 21 ALFRED TENNYSON (1867) 22 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A., 1859) 23 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the chalk drawing by M. Arnault) 24 FARRINGFORD (Tennyson’s residence at Freshwater) 25 TENNYSON (about 1871) 26 MERLIN AND VIVIEN 27 FACSIMILE OF TENNYSON’S MANUSCRIPT, “CROSSING THE BAR” 28 GLADE AT FARRINGFORD (from a water-colour drawing by Mrs. Allingham) 29 FRESHWATER 30 FRESHWATER BAY 30 GUINEVERE 31 ALFRED TENNYSON 32 TENNYSON’S LANE, HASLEMERE 33 ALDWORTH (Tennyson’s home near Haslemere) 33 TENNYSON’S MEMORIAL, BEACON HILL, FRESHWATER 34 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A.) 35 TENNYSON It was merely the accident of his hour, the call of his age, which made Tennyson a philosophic poet.

toparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading RICHARD GARNETT, C.B. ALFRED TENNYSON (from the painting by Samuel Laurence) 5 TENNYSON’S MOTHER 6 BAG ENDERBY CHURCH 6 ALFRED TENNYSON, 1838 7 OLD GRAMMAR SCHOOL, LOUTH 7 ARTHUR H. HALLAM (from the bust by Chantrey) 8 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the medallion by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 9 THE LADY OF SHALOTT 10 THE PALACE OF ART 11 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the bust by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 12 MARIANA IN THE SOUTH 13 STOCKWORTH MILL 14 CLEVEDON CHURCH 14 GERAINT AND EDYRN 15 IN MEMORIAM (“Man dies: nor is there hope in dust”) 16 IN MEMORIAM (“Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky”) 17 LADY TENNYSON 18 HORNCASTLE (the home of Emily Sellwood) 19 GRASBY CHURCH 20 CHAPEL HOUSE, TWICKENHAM (Tennyson’s first home after his marriage) 20 ELAINE 21 ALFRED TENNYSON (1867) 22 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A., 1859) 23 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the chalk drawing by M. Arnault) 24 FARRINGFORD (Tennyson’s residence at Freshwater) 25 TENNYSON (about 1871) 26 MERLIN AND VIVIEN 27 FACSIMILE OF TENNYSON’S MANUSCRIPT, “CROSSING THE BAR” 28 GLADE AT FARRINGFORD (from a water-colour drawing by Mrs. Allingham) 29 FRESHWATER 30 FRESHWATER BAY 30 GUINEVERE 31 ALFRED TENNYSON 32 TENNYSON’S LANE, HASLEMERE 33 ALDWORTH (Tennyson’s home near Haslemere) 33 TENNYSON’S MEMORIAL, BEACON HILL, FRESHWATER 34 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A.) 35 TENNYSON It was merely the accident of his hour, the call of his age, which made Tennyson a philosophic poet.

TWICKENHAM

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From this reading RICHARD GARNETT, C.B. ALFRED TENNYSON (from the painting by Samuel Laurence) 5 TENNYSON’S MOTHER 6 BAG ENDERBY CHURCH 6 ALFRED TENNYSON, 1838 7 OLD GRAMMAR SCHOOL, LOUTH 7 ARTHUR H. HALLAM (from the bust by Chantrey) 8 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the medallion by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 9 THE LADY OF SHALOTT 10 THE PALACE OF ART 11 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the bust by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 12 MARIANA IN THE SOUTH 13 STOCKWORTH MILL 14 CLEVEDON CHURCH 14 GERAINT AND EDYRN 15 IN MEMORIAM (“Man dies: nor is there hope in dust”) 16 IN MEMORIAM (“Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky”) 17 LADY TENNYSON 18 HORNCASTLE (the home of Emily Sellwood) 19 GRASBY CHURCH 20 CHAPEL HOUSE, TWICKENHAM (Tennyson’s first home after his marriage) 20 ELAINE 21 ALFRED TENNYSON (1867) 22 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A., 1859) 23 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the chalk drawing by M. Arnault) 24 FARRINGFORD (Tennyson’s residence at Freshwater) 25 TENNYSON (about 1871) 26 MERLIN AND VIVIEN 27 FACSIMILE OF TENNYSON’S MANUSCRIPT, “CROSSING THE BAR” 28 GLADE AT FARRINGFORD (from a water-colour drawing by Mrs. Allingham) 29 FRESHWATER 30 FRESHWATER BAY 30 GUINEVERE 31 ALFRED TENNYSON 32 TENNYSON’S LANE, HASLEMERE 33 ALDWORTH (Tennyson’s home near Haslemere) 33 TENNYSON’S MEMORIAL, BEACON HILL, FRESHWATER 34 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A.) 35 TENNYSON It was merely the accident of his hour, the call of his age, which made Tennyson a philosophic poet.

uspronounUS /ʌs/

the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading He gave us scenes of Nature that cannot easily be surpassed, but he chose them like a landscape painter rather than like a religious poet.

VIVIEN

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From this reading RICHARD GARNETT, C.B. ALFRED TENNYSON (from the painting by Samuel Laurence) 5 TENNYSON’S MOTHER 6 BAG ENDERBY CHURCH 6 ALFRED TENNYSON, 1838 7 OLD GRAMMAR SCHOOL, LOUTH 7 ARTHUR H. HALLAM (from the bust by Chantrey) 8 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the medallion by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 9 THE LADY OF SHALOTT 10 THE PALACE OF ART 11 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the bust by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 12 MARIANA IN THE SOUTH 13 STOCKWORTH MILL 14 CLEVEDON CHURCH 14 GERAINT AND EDYRN 15 IN MEMORIAM (“Man dies: nor is there hope in dust”) 16 IN MEMORIAM (“Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky”) 17 LADY TENNYSON 18 HORNCASTLE (the home of Emily Sellwood) 19 GRASBY CHURCH 20 CHAPEL HOUSE, TWICKENHAM (Tennyson’s first home after his marriage) 20 ELAINE 21 ALFRED TENNYSON (1867) 22 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A., 1859) 23 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the chalk drawing by M. Arnault) 24 FARRINGFORD (Tennyson’s residence at Freshwater) 25 TENNYSON (about 1871) 26 MERLIN AND VIVIEN 27 FACSIMILE OF TENNYSON’S MANUSCRIPT, “CROSSING THE BAR” 28 GLADE AT FARRINGFORD (from a water-colour drawing by Mrs. Allingham) 29 FRESHWATER 30 FRESHWATER BAY 30 GUINEVERE 31 ALFRED TENNYSON 32 TENNYSON’S LANE, HASLEMERE 33 ALDWORTH (Tennyson’s home near Haslemere) 33 TENNYSON’S MEMORIAL, BEACON HILL, FRESHWATER 34 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A.) 35 TENNYSON It was merely the accident of his hour, the call of his age, which made Tennyson a philosophic poet.

wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading RICHARD GARNETT, C.B. ALFRED TENNYSON (from the painting by Samuel Laurence) 5 TENNYSON’S MOTHER 6 BAG ENDERBY CHURCH 6 ALFRED TENNYSON, 1838 7 OLD GRAMMAR SCHOOL, LOUTH 7 ARTHUR H. HALLAM (from the bust by Chantrey) 8 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the medallion by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 9 THE LADY OF SHALOTT 10 THE PALACE OF ART 11 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the bust by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 12 MARIANA IN THE SOUTH 13 STOCKWORTH MILL 14 CLEVEDON CHURCH 14 GERAINT AND EDYRN 15 IN MEMORIAM (“Man dies: nor is there hope in dust”) 16 IN MEMORIAM (“Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky”) 17 LADY TENNYSON 18 HORNCASTLE (the home of Emily Sellwood) 19 GRASBY CHURCH 20 CHAPEL HOUSE, TWICKENHAM (Tennyson’s first home after his marriage) 20 ELAINE 21 ALFRED TENNYSON (1867) 22 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A., 1859) 23 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the chalk drawing by M. Arnault) 24 FARRINGFORD (Tennyson’s residence at Freshwater) 25 TENNYSON (about 1871) 26 MERLIN AND VIVIEN 27 FACSIMILE OF TENNYSON’S MANUSCRIPT, “CROSSING THE BAR” 28 GLADE AT FARRINGFORD (from a water-colour drawing by Mrs. Allingham) 29 FRESHWATER 30 FRESHWATER BAY 30 GUINEVERE 31 ALFRED TENNYSON 32 TENNYSON’S LANE, HASLEMERE 33 ALDWORTH (Tennyson’s home near Haslemere) 33 TENNYSON’S MEMORIAL, BEACON HILL, FRESHWATER 34 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A.) 35 TENNYSON It was merely the accident of his hour, the call of his age, which made Tennyson a philosophic poet.

water-colournoun

water-soluble pigment

From this reading RICHARD GARNETT, C.B. ALFRED TENNYSON (from the painting by Samuel Laurence) 5 TENNYSON’S MOTHER 6 BAG ENDERBY CHURCH 6 ALFRED TENNYSON, 1838 7 OLD GRAMMAR SCHOOL, LOUTH 7 ARTHUR H. HALLAM (from the bust by Chantrey) 8 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the medallion by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 9 THE LADY OF SHALOTT 10 THE PALACE OF ART 11 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the bust by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 12 MARIANA IN THE SOUTH 13 STOCKWORTH MILL 14 CLEVEDON CHURCH 14 GERAINT AND EDYRN 15 IN MEMORIAM (“Man dies: nor is there hope in dust”) 16 IN MEMORIAM (“Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky”) 17 LADY TENNYSON 18 HORNCASTLE (the home of Emily Sellwood) 19 GRASBY CHURCH 20 CHAPEL HOUSE, TWICKENHAM (Tennyson’s first home after his marriage) 20 ELAINE 21 ALFRED TENNYSON (1867) 22 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A., 1859) 23 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the chalk drawing by M. Arnault) 24 FARRINGFORD (Tennyson’s residence at Freshwater) 25 TENNYSON (about 1871) 26 MERLIN AND VIVIEN 27 FACSIMILE OF TENNYSON’S MANUSCRIPT, “CROSSING THE BAR” 28 GLADE AT FARRINGFORD (from a water-colour drawing by Mrs. Allingham) 29 FRESHWATER 30 FRESHWATER BAY 30 GUINEVERE 31 ALFRED TENNYSON 32 TENNYSON’S LANE, HASLEMERE 33 ALDWORTH (Tennyson’s home near Haslemere) 33 TENNYSON’S MEMORIAL, BEACON HILL, FRESHWATER 34 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A.) 35 TENNYSON It was merely the accident of his hour, the call of his age, which made Tennyson a philosophic poet.

WattsnounUS /wɑːts/

English poet and theologian (1674-1748)

From this reading RICHARD GARNETT, C.B. ALFRED TENNYSON (from the painting by Samuel Laurence) 5 TENNYSON’S MOTHER 6 BAG ENDERBY CHURCH 6 ALFRED TENNYSON, 1838 7 OLD GRAMMAR SCHOOL, LOUTH 7 ARTHUR H. HALLAM (from the bust by Chantrey) 8 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the medallion by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 9 THE LADY OF SHALOTT 10 THE PALACE OF ART 11 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the bust by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 12 MARIANA IN THE SOUTH 13 STOCKWORTH MILL 14 CLEVEDON CHURCH 14 GERAINT AND EDYRN 15 IN MEMORIAM (“Man dies: nor is there hope in dust”) 16 IN MEMORIAM (“Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky”) 17 LADY TENNYSON 18 HORNCASTLE (the home of Emily Sellwood) 19 GRASBY CHURCH 20 CHAPEL HOUSE, TWICKENHAM (Tennyson’s first home after his marriage) 20 ELAINE 21 ALFRED TENNYSON (1867) 22 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A., 1859) 23 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the chalk drawing by M. Arnault) 24 FARRINGFORD (Tennyson’s residence at Freshwater) 25 TENNYSON (about 1871) 26 MERLIN AND VIVIEN 27 FACSIMILE OF TENNYSON’S MANUSCRIPT, “CROSSING THE BAR” 28 GLADE AT FARRINGFORD (from a water-colour drawing by Mrs. Allingham) 29 FRESHWATER 30 FRESHWATER BAY 30 GUINEVERE 31 ALFRED TENNYSON 32 TENNYSON’S LANE, HASLEMERE 33 ALDWORTH (Tennyson’s home near Haslemere) 33 TENNYSON’S MEMORIAL, BEACON HILL, FRESHWATER 34 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A.) 35 TENNYSON It was merely the accident of his hour, the call of his age, which made Tennyson a philosophic poet.

whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/

used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned

From this reading RICHARD GARNETT, C.B. ALFRED TENNYSON (from the painting by Samuel Laurence) 5 TENNYSON’S MOTHER 6 BAG ENDERBY CHURCH 6 ALFRED TENNYSON, 1838 7 OLD GRAMMAR SCHOOL, LOUTH 7 ARTHUR H. HALLAM (from the bust by Chantrey) 8 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the medallion by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 9 THE LADY OF SHALOTT 10 THE PALACE OF ART 11 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the bust by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 12 MARIANA IN THE SOUTH 13 STOCKWORTH MILL 14 CLEVEDON CHURCH 14 GERAINT AND EDYRN 15 IN MEMORIAM (“Man dies: nor is there hope in dust”) 16 IN MEMORIAM (“Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky”) 17 LADY TENNYSON 18 HORNCASTLE (the home of Emily Sellwood) 19 GRASBY CHURCH 20 CHAPEL HOUSE, TWICKENHAM (Tennyson’s first home after his marriage) 20 ELAINE 21 ALFRED TENNYSON (1867) 22 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A., 1859) 23 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the chalk drawing by M. Arnault) 24 FARRINGFORD (Tennyson’s residence at Freshwater) 25 TENNYSON (about 1871) 26 MERLIN AND VIVIEN 27 FACSIMILE OF TENNYSON’S MANUSCRIPT, “CROSSING THE BAR” 28 GLADE AT FARRINGFORD (from a water-colour drawing by Mrs. Allingham) 29 FRESHWATER 30 FRESHWATER BAY 30 GUINEVERE 31 ALFRED TENNYSON 32 TENNYSON’S LANE, HASLEMERE 33 ALDWORTH (Tennyson’s home near Haslemere) 33 TENNYSON’S MEMORIAL, BEACON HILL, FRESHWATER 34 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A.) 35 TENNYSON It was merely the accident of his hour, the call of his age, which made Tennyson a philosophic poet.

wildadjectiveUS /waɪld/

marked by extreme lack of restraint or control

From this reading RICHARD GARNETT, C.B. ALFRED TENNYSON (from the painting by Samuel Laurence) 5 TENNYSON’S MOTHER 6 BAG ENDERBY CHURCH 6 ALFRED TENNYSON, 1838 7 OLD GRAMMAR SCHOOL, LOUTH 7 ARTHUR H. HALLAM (from the bust by Chantrey) 8 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the medallion by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 9 THE LADY OF SHALOTT 10 THE PALACE OF ART 11 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the bust by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 12 MARIANA IN THE SOUTH 13 STOCKWORTH MILL 14 CLEVEDON CHURCH 14 GERAINT AND EDYRN 15 IN MEMORIAM (“Man dies: nor is there hope in dust”) 16 IN MEMORIAM (“Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky”) 17 LADY TENNYSON 18 HORNCASTLE (the home of Emily Sellwood) 19 GRASBY CHURCH 20 CHAPEL HOUSE, TWICKENHAM (Tennyson’s first home after his marriage) 20 ELAINE 21 ALFRED TENNYSON (1867) 22 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A., 1859) 23 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the chalk drawing by M. Arnault) 24 FARRINGFORD (Tennyson’s residence at Freshwater) 25 TENNYSON (about 1871) 26 MERLIN AND VIVIEN 27 FACSIMILE OF TENNYSON’S MANUSCRIPT, “CROSSING THE BAR” 28 GLADE AT FARRINGFORD (from a water-colour drawing by Mrs. Allingham) 29 FRESHWATER 30 FRESHWATER BAY 30 GUINEVERE 31 ALFRED TENNYSON 32 TENNYSON’S LANE, HASLEMERE 33 ALDWORTH (Tennyson’s home near Haslemere) 33 TENNYSON’S MEMORIAL, BEACON HILL, FRESHWATER 34 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A.) 35 TENNYSON It was merely the accident of his hour, the call of his age, which made Tennyson a philosophic poet.

Woolner

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From this reading RICHARD GARNETT, C.B. ALFRED TENNYSON (from the painting by Samuel Laurence) 5 TENNYSON’S MOTHER 6 BAG ENDERBY CHURCH 6 ALFRED TENNYSON, 1838 7 OLD GRAMMAR SCHOOL, LOUTH 7 ARTHUR H. HALLAM (from the bust by Chantrey) 8 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the medallion by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 9 THE LADY OF SHALOTT 10 THE PALACE OF ART 11 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the bust by Thomas Woolner, R.A.) 12 MARIANA IN THE SOUTH 13 STOCKWORTH MILL 14 CLEVEDON CHURCH 14 GERAINT AND EDYRN 15 IN MEMORIAM (“Man dies: nor is there hope in dust”) 16 IN MEMORIAM (“Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky”) 17 LADY TENNYSON 18 HORNCASTLE (the home of Emily Sellwood) 19 GRASBY CHURCH 20 CHAPEL HOUSE, TWICKENHAM (Tennyson’s first home after his marriage) 20 ELAINE 21 ALFRED TENNYSON (1867) 22 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A., 1859) 23 ALFRED TENNYSON (from the chalk drawing by M. Arnault) 24 FARRINGFORD (Tennyson’s residence at Freshwater) 25 TENNYSON (about 1871) 26 MERLIN AND VIVIEN 27 FACSIMILE OF TENNYSON’S MANUSCRIPT, “CROSSING THE BAR” 28 GLADE AT FARRINGFORD (from a water-colour drawing by Mrs. Allingham) 29 FRESHWATER 30 FRESHWATER BAY 30 GUINEVERE 31 ALFRED TENNYSON 32 TENNYSON’S LANE, HASLEMERE 33 ALDWORTH (Tennyson’s home near Haslemere) 33 TENNYSON’S MEMORIAL, BEACON HILL, FRESHWATER 34 ALFRED TENNYSON (from a portrait by G. F. Watts, R.A.) 35 TENNYSON It was merely the accident of his hour, the call of his age, which made Tennyson a philosophic poet.

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