IDYLS OF THE
THE KING.

BY

ALFRED TENNYSON, D. C. L.

POET LAUREATE.

WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY SOL EYTINGE, JR. AND S. COLMAN, JR., AND INITIALS BY J. H. HYDE.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1865, by

TICKNOR AND FIELDS,

in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts.

It is my wish that with MESSRS. TICKNOR AND FIELDS alone the right of publishing my books in America should rest.

ALFRED TENNYSON.

UNIVERSITY PRESS: WELCH, BIGELOW, & Co.,
CAMBRIDGE.

IV.

"In a moment thought Geraint,

'Here, by God's rood, is the one maid for me.'

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Artist, Sol Eytinge, Fr.

Engraver, A. V. S. Anthony.

V.

"And fell'd him, and set foot upon his breast,

And said, 'Thy name?'".

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Artist, Sol Eytinge, Jr.

Engraver, A. V. S. Anthony.

VI.

"The giant tower, from whose high crest, they say,

Men saw the goodly hills of Somerset,

And white sails flying on the yellow sea."

Artist, S. Colman, Jr.

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Engraver, H. Marsh.

VII.

"There lurk three villains yonder in the wood." .

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Artist, S. Colman, Fr.

Engraver, A. V. S. Anthony.

VIII.

"So died Earl Doorm by him he counted dead.” -

Artist, Sol Eytinge, Fr.
Engraver, A. V. S. Anthony.

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IX.

"And fifty knights rode with them to the shores

Of Severn, and they past to their own land."

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XIII.

"And made her lithe arm round his neck

Tighten, and then drew back, and let her eyes

Speak for her." .

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Artist, Sol Eytinge, Jr.

Engraver, A. V. S. Anthony.

XIV.

"Leapt from her session on his lap, and stood

Stiff as a viper frozen."

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Artist, Sol Eytinge, Jr.

Engraver, J. P. Davis.

XV.

"And shrieking out, 'O fool!' the harlot leapt

Adown the forest."

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Artist, Sol Eytinge, Fr.

Engraver, A. V. S. Anthony