Litchfield enquirer., 1868-09-03
From the N. Y. Evening Mail. 4 BEAUTIFUL STORY.
TEaNYsoN ND THE QUEEN. THE PLACE OF
 EkoCH ARDEN DEATH

rtocH ARDEN's DEATH
 The following interesting article, trans lated from a German paper, the Gmten- zauJe, will be read with pleasure by all the admirers of good Queen Vic.," the ':poet laureate" an( the Idyl of Enoch Arden The Ga,tenzqabe says:-
 Few poems have, of late, created a great CT sensation, both in England and North America. than the fisher Idyl, ''Enoch Ar den," of the English poet laureate. Its success was truly extraordinary one, and if we recently lead in the newspapers that during the Pasis Exposition, no less than five thousand copies E1vnth were sold O. tue cheap co6tinental edition of Tenny- sons works, bY Englishmen visiting the Champ de Mars. this gives us but fs faint idea of the whole circulation of his works, for in North America alone their sale has been still more extensive.
 For the rest, Tennyson is not q very wealthy man, because he dislikes to raise exorbitant demands. Nevertheless, by this time 1t can be said of him as of King M- das of yore that all he touches turns into gold, for the most popular magazines and reviews are anxious to profit by his fame, and they offer enormous sums in order to t been silent for several years. Thus, Good Words paid him, few months ago, two thousands pounds for twelve minor poems and Messrs. Ticknor < Fields, of Boston, are known to have voluntarily paid to him large amounts as remuneration for his DO ems which they publish in America.
 Queen Victoria is ono of the most ardent admirers of Tennyson's poems, and shortly t,.cla | Ic,I,a ,r1 that Tennyson's and envlers charged that tion of concubinage. She applied to an eminent clergyman, and learned from him that such cases of bigamy, 1t was true, were fortune befel, might, perhaps, be pardoned i by the Lord on the Day of Judgment, foi the mercy: Of the God of heaven knew no bounds; but that 1t indicated an alarm ing moral confusion on the part of the poet to represent in kind of halo man who 1 tolerated the continuance of such 3 sinful relationship between man and woman i This was what Enoch Arden was doing. Ir stead of appearing before his wife in order to resume his position as her husband he lay down and died.
 i The Queen was not little disquieted or hearing this. It is true she was well awart that some high church dignitaries were not very favorably disposed toward Tenny son. His open letter to 8 rector named Maurice, who had heen removed from hi feaamed eaTe haa hersst nGt Eg2t5enBas sine higher importance to the voices of her sur 1 rountsiHso ''..-- ~ ~. own opinions, anc thus she was for awhile whether Enoch Arden really deserved th' harshness with which it had been criticised or not. Finally, she thought she had bet ter consult someboa y else on the suo]ec and she applied to person who censurei Tennyson's poem with still greater severlt which was no wonder, considering thls pei son was no other than the lady who IS com monly believed to be the subject of one ( Tennyson's earlier poems, the celebrate s'Lady We're de Vere''-the poetlcal reJe' tion of an aristocratic coquette, who caS her nets after the poet when he was still !, very young man. ,. , After this two-fold condemnation f Enoch, Arden, whose wonderful succe had meanwhile fallen in thousand echot upon her ears, the Queen thought It woui be best for her to speak with the poet hll self on the subject, which he had treated :. in Enoch Arden. She, therefore, extend' 9 her drive along the sea shore that very ;: ternoon beyond its usual length, ana dered the coachman to drive further we: n Osborne, the Queens country seat on | . Isle of Wight, IS rather distant from |, house of the poet, who lives, hkeWise' ~ that island; but no distance IS very scons ~ erable there, and the roads all over ,o island are excellent. She soon alter s '' the poets house, which lies in the mid! of a small grove of pines and hrs. peerl forth between the verdure and 1ohs - around it.
 The Queen was accompanied oy TWO TWO, her daughters. When she pefcelveo !
 nysons form in hls garden-hls long | | . and full beard caused her to fecoShiAe Y a+ . nianoe-she intrusted her sketch bt
 "nS the metal box in which she gathe
 flowers and plants for her herbarium,
 inc nrincesses. and walked alone to the
 oarden gate, whither Tennyson had alre
 hastened to meet her.
 She did not want to enter his house,
 walking with him along the shore she
 nlained to him what disquieted her in
 oord to his poem, on the beauties of wi $, She dwelt with that refined apprecla
 which is said to be peculiar to her.
 two thus walked along the high Wes
 shore at their feet the blue sea, on W.
 many white sails, like scattered blackti
 blossoms. were scudding, while the he
 horino hedges resounded with the m
 chirping of the robin red breast and
 wren. and innumerable sea gulls, scre
 inc. circled around the steep cliffs. .;re At last a bundle of fagots, obstrut
 tba railway. arrested their progress
 lieht- haired, blue eyed gir!! of ten or t1
 wears was standing beside It, not
 fr;ohtened at not having shouldered
 burden, yet, like all islander she kne
 Oneen and to have obstructed the pa
 the grave yard, before the entranc
 which lay her fagots, seemed the mof'
 fortunate to her as the high road owl
 it's muddy condition on that day, coul
 he nsed at all by the pedestrians: o7o Tannxson assised the little girl ln 1A0, ;,a and shouldering her bundle of fa
 tbe n,,een asked her name-it was Al
 and gave her piece of money; an1
 happy girl went slowly on her way. o
 t:A sWeet-faced child, said the q ,.s oazine after her, as she was tottertnng ies' g;th tIe burden, and then as if to lea
 ,oat hack to the subject of their prt
 Conversation poo she added mufingly:
 ahont thus that I think your Anna mnst have looked-I mean at the
 when she was the playmate of Enoe
 Philip and to reconcile them in thel
 ;sh .narrels, promised them both to
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