Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-01-01
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From a Private Letterl
We crossed to Cowss and took fly to
Farridgford, distant twelve miles g glo-
rious drive across the Isle of Wight, &c.
tween ivied hedges and past gardens Of
laurel sad iaQrpetinqs, ! found Earring
ford wonderfully Improved the little
PARK is a gem OF gardening srt. The
magnificent Roman ilexes in trent of the
house are finer than any | saw in Issly.
We arrived about three O'Clock, and were
ushsTe5 iasc the drawiogroom. The
rouse has been fefuraiahed, snG q great
many pictures and statutes added since
| was there. In a minute IN came Ter
nysor, cordial as an old friend, followed
by his wife, s. sweet a. ever, but feebler
end older looking. Ia Tennyson himself
could see 70 psTticglsr change. We
walked through the PARK sDQ garden
bilen hs aud I wentgp on the downs and
walked for miles along the chalk cliffs
above the seq. He showed Els ali his
newly acquired tsrFitory-anong the
rest q great stretch or wheat nslds bought
for him By EoQch Arde2. We din-d -. =.
six in quaint room hung with pictures,
and then went into the dFaWlDeFoon for
dessert. 1ennysdn and retired TO his
study az the top OF the house, lit pipes
and talked Of poetry. he asked nae if
could read his " BOadicea 2" l thought
could. Read It, ard let me see, - said
he. woald rather hear you road it,p
| answered. ThereuPon ne did 80, chant
ing the ium beTing line2 With great
uncticn. I spoke qf the ljyil OF
o GuineycTsH gS being, perhaps, his
finssG poem, ana SAID that / could
not read il aloud without my voice fall
Ing me at certain passages. Why, /
can read it and keep my voice." he ex-
Slairsed triumphantiy. This I doubted,
and he sgIeed 10 lfy, alteE We vent
down. But the first thing be did was TO
produce a msgnum of wOGderiul sherry,
thirty years aid; which had bepn sent
him By poetic wine dealer. such wine
/ never tasted, +" 1t was meant TO be
drunk by Cleopatra, or Catharine Of Rue
sia," said TenDyson. We had two
giasses apiece, when he said, " To
night yog SHALL help Eae drink
one OF the few bottles Of my
Waterloo-Isl5. We will make njght
of it, The bottle was brought, and sf-
ter another bottle all round Tennyson
took up the Idylls OF the King" His
reading Is strange, m0notonOUs chant,
With unexpected falling injections,
Which [ cannot describe, but can initiate
exactly. tt ls very impt tessivei IN spite
OF myself became very muea excited
as be went on. Finally, when Arthur
foFgiy2s the Queen, TsnDyson's voice
fairly broke. found tesEe on my cheeks,
aud -- and Mrs. rsnnysen were
crying on either side OF me. He made
an eIloft and Yant on to lbe end. closing
grandly. How can yon ssy,n sskad,
referring to previous conversation, that
YOU have no surety Of permanent fame
'Phig poem viii only die with the lam
gusge in which It is written Mrs.
Tennyson started up from her couch.
"It u tTue,p she exclaimed; 81 have
told Alfred Ene sasae thing.p After that
we bad some sherry--in fact, finished
| the Waterloo bottle; then weat up to
the garret to smoke and talk. Tenny-
son read the +" Hylasn y OF Theocritus in
/ Greek, his own Northern Farmer, y
and Andrew Msryeil's "Coy Mistress. y
! We parted At 2 O'Clock,