EARLY POEMS

BY

ALFRED

LORD TENNYSON

D.C.L. P.L.

London
MACMILLAN AND CO.

AND NEW YORK

I 888

CONTENTS OF VOL. I.

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TO THE QUEEN . . .

JUVENILIA,

CLARIBEL . . .

NOTHING WILL DIE . .

ALL THINGS WILL DIE . . . . .

LEONINE ELEGIACS . ..

SUPPOSED CONFESSIONS OF A SECOND-RATE SENSI-

TIVE MIND . . . . $33.

THE KRAKEN . . . . 8? 0

Song . . . . . . . . .

LILIAN . . . . . . . .

ISABEL . . . . . . . .

MARIANA . . . . . 1830.

MARIANA IN THE SOUTH .

To - ·

MADELINE . . . . . . . .

SONG—The Owl . . . . . .

SECOND SONG—TO THE SAME .

RECOLLECTIONS OF THE ARABIAN NIGHTS 3

Ode to Memory . . . 1876 -

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39

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JUVENILIA, continued-

SONG . . .

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1830.

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A CHARACTER . . .IfJy .

The Poet . . . . If 3.0.

THE POET'S MIND . . . .

The SEA-FAIRIES

THE DESERTED HOUSE

THE DYING SWAN

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A DIRGE

LOVE AND DEATH . . . . .

THE BALLAD OF ORIANA .

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THE MERMAN ,

THE MERMAID .

ADELINE . .

MARGARET . .

ROSALIND · ·

ELEÄNORE . .

• My LIFE IS FULL OF WEARY DAYS'.

EARLY SONNETS-

I. TO — . . . 8.3 . 103

11. To J. M. K. . . . . . . . 104

111. “MINE BE THE STRENGTH OF SPIRIT, FULL

: : 105

IV. ALEXANDER . .

V. BUONAPARTE . . . . . . 107

VI. POLAND . . . . . . . 108

VII. •CARESS'D OR CHIDDEN BY THE SLENDER

HAND' . . . . . . 109

AND FREE!