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Excerpt from Tennyson and in Memoriam an Appreciation and a Study
That is not the figure which Tennyson pre sents on his first appearance in the arena where he was to outstrip all rivals. His Keepsahe period lasted long. Looking back, we can indeed discern in the volume of 1842 - in the Ulysses, in the Morte d'arthur, in The Two Voices - the promise of nearly all that was to come. But these were imbedded in much that was pretty but petty, Wordsworthian idylls too long drawn out, Lords of Burleigh and Ladies Clare, that half justified the early scofi'ers, Wilson and the rest. Even the melody, though sweet and clear, was thin and at times tinkling. Grace, not force or dignity, was the character istic up to and including The Princess of 1847, the most graceful poem of such length in the language. The Rape of the loch, the only other poem in English literature that can be compared with it, is more witty than graceful.
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