, 1876-12-24
ssHAROLD.'' ss - =
Alfred Tennyson's New Poetic
Drama.
4 Sketch Of the Plot, and Samples oi
the Verse.

ST a.. L. f.
which make u = ven g1acean PeaE9nE.1nS n,S ~
old qua11els oet.een Tyson Allu oolmeF'
A'.er oa- moflq lecosossnsn pa II as tne P4ye & en.
sps ,t 1na tns - tha No,,n'n Con"n@st sn,
your Iatne1 nlelfaeaa IonAnes st1eAsns T., ~ t;t ~
same mes nave 1een mhy 70 ne III.
1ng tnas dfame. 2onr latnes ogaicateo ~ ~ dad,cat.
old TO my istners orotner; aAo" me 70 oeo'ea'*
my Hasoa 70 5oussen.
"Aarold is q drama In form, but the ma
bilitY OF tho poet laureate to forget A1reo
Tennyson for single instant preveDts. It from ion
being dramatic in spirit An introductory SOD
net, written on the site Of the battle OF Hast
tnEs, gives key t. the tone OF 1ne poem
Here rose the dragon. banner OF our realm:
Here fought, here fell our Norman slander'd nns'
garden blossnm1ng ont Of English bloon: 4
Q strange hate-hea1cf Tune: We sttoi4 ano eesse
Mhsse might made @ rgd' ae All thinsa msIe ivr
1leot ai1nS' - e~"4'
Hnt he md he. II soul be rorl arc where
Each stands full face with all he did below.
rrh. oct{on oncns with 4 sfcne In the Kings
.a ~ a,,dpn where the roorters are watch
,aaee oe],at -. n he hcarens and drawing evil
auguries from its appearance: horcor' one OF
the sons OF Mercia, e1cla1ms:
It clares in heaven, 1t flares upon the Thames;
The people are as thick as bees below;
They aum 1Ee peesMnnf "a Ganaos io ZIP
Toon 70 Ing s1'e6 na hnfd tb.ir h,s m t. It
1s tt,aE ths+ 1her ,Ton1d No1och,ze them too
70 o11nx nave the the heaycns ty nn cles1. '~~ ~ ~
usro1d' | Earl of Wessex. is .onealed to - lie
.nte1e 1u and % asked % % i the comet % portends the
Ehv not the doom Of all the world II well!
~ ~ III ~ the world sees It ~ we'll as Ene1and.
these meteors came and went before our day,
NJ h.roing 1nr: It threatens Ms no mor1
Than French or Norman War? The worst thst
Th;nrr thst seem ie.k'd out of the common .ut
Of MATURE is the hot religious fool
Who, seeing war in heaven, for heavsn's credit
Makes 1t on earth
King Edward enters leaning On Tostig, Ear
old's brother, and, while pralsing the Earl in
general, rcbukes him for his skep1idsm:
Ny son, thou art too hard,
Not staggered by this orinons earth and heaven;
But heaven andea1t arsthreads Of the same loom,
Play into one another. and we3ve the web
Inat may con1ouno tnee seI
The Earldom OF Sorthumbr1a Is g1yeu to los
tig, and Harold gives him this advlcc IN dealing
With an insurrection:
Wisdom sSo,,t Then ri II ls9,n powe. .o,u. ..*
As kindness, watching all iii the true 1,uet
Shall mntc her strike AZ Power: but when to
strilr-
n Tostin r dc,v bnothrrz,f tbevn,,nce
~ s, - Iot - lar +haro 1os+ thav -
And break both neck and axle.
In discussing the character Of Tostic and bis
ambition shortly afterwards, Harold gets this
PLAYFUL estimate of the rivalry bctveen fimsclf
ann his brother,
Why, bows will 6pht.
Leofwin would often tight me, and bent him.
Even Old Gufth WoulQ ueht. had much ADO
To hold my own against old GuFth- Old Gufth,
We fought like great States for grave cause; but
Testtg-
on on @ suddenI.t en- g. something nothing
I conquer'd. and he loved me none the less.
Till thon wouldst get him all apart, and tell him
inat wnete ne ,o va oa1 "oreteo. ne Mas Mfonsd.
Nav the ,nof,t eSiid Is Rotb ~ n 'oo
naaoa, "a aeauSs ~ ta1 toe aosne =. h1E Eo"a1o,
:e a;s, 70 saAe vaca11on IN f1anoers and
s!e!.e 1"'I4, ~ W. nn5 nAu, oe1oie uls 9e~
R's;a RRa.tue ne ,o nnos @ nel :, sne.ng atteT.aay
ae3 3a11t,i euu.z ~ Ea1uen, 1na lo,e
s scfne reeemDnhg I;th playlm gamnoias upon stlts
r3. 1oug"s: ~ huit4 oo, urges naro1a not 70 leaVe
h;1e. en0' AAe> 1e4'" - e'n o1ea4u W annuene7
nun
Oh! that thou vert not going:
And while We stood together. dead MN
Rose from behind the altar, tore away
a. ma.nager1ng' ts ana rent ny bridal
Yith dsad nun n,et ld% frn nn1 tsr a. na
The dead men made at thee to murder thee,
But thou didBt lack thygelf acainst 4 pillnr
And et1ike among them with fhf tattle axe
There, what dream:
After the lovers withdraw. A1dwyth enters
from tnicket- She is the daughter OF Al1gar
and Midew o1 the Welsh King whom Harold has
planting strife III the realm and winning the
Ear1'k hand:
] see the goal and half the way TO it,
Peace lover Ii our Harold for the sake
Of En2'and's Wilderness soto shake the North
Nth earthquake and disruptfon--some division |
!hen ! ning mine oTn fair person II the gap
scs1aa asG 1o.t ~ ,srpis pTfacfonenng' f e.
The houses on mine head"then M e fair I1 life pSen
47na o'ess lns eueen OF hneland,
AT seconq shits 70 tne seashore OF Norman
~, ~neFe darola anu MS companions are !
fishermen. They are captured by Guy, Count |
o. f0Hthieu. Who throws them into prison. Count