New-York tribune., 1885-09-20

fteusntly he reserves this till later in the day. and
when luncheon is over beckons muteiy 10 some one
| in the room to accompany him on his afternoon
saunter.
Although the laureate lives exclusively in the
country now he has known London well IN his time
and has mixed mach IN London Ta sociesy a JnhsS
Wilson. more famous as Christopher NORM;
remarked that it was the unlucky lot of Alfred
of all~in Cockneydom' Yet Tennyson meyer
resided long continuously within the sounl OF Big
Hs w we're oneRon Mnes aterward Lord
Ilought0n, knglake. the historian OF the Criinean
war, and Arthur, Henry Hallam, whose death aii1
esteem his finest poem," In Mernoriam" he travelled
IN the Pyrenees and subsequently lived with an
uncle In Yorkshire or wi his motoer and sisters IN
Lincolnshire only visiting the capital at intervals.
Carlyle was among the earliest OF his London
friends and nnguesiionably influenced his genius
not % ss te swG Tsae rS later
formed one of coterie, the rest of whose Leading
members were Carlyle, Cunningham, John STUART
Landor and Macready. They all dined together
once a month and discussed not only across the
walnnts and the wine but throughout the whoie
meal literature, philosophy, and,very likely fate co
will. foreknowledgc absolute. into the bargain:
Dickens and Carlyle were the first among men osS
Tennys0 "TeDnyson," wrote the former IN iefts
81 have been reading again and again: What
great creature he is" Iennysop.n wrote Car,ySS yiS
some measure" "Ohw exclaimed Emerson,
addressing CARLYLE cherish Tennyson with love
and praise and draw from him whole books full Of
new verses yet" This enthusiastic ejaculation; u
should be said, was ELECTED by sketch wbich
CARLYLE had previously given Emerson OF Tennysons
whom he described rs often skipping me In ms
brief visits to town, skipping everybody indeed,
being nan solitary and sad. as certain men are,
dwelling in an element of gloom. carrying a bit OF
Chaos about him, in short, which he is nidnu actur
ing into Cosmos think" continues Carlyle, I" no
must be under forty; one Of the hnest-looElng men
i'm world a
bright laughing hazel eyes, massive aqniiile face.
most massive yet most dellcateoL saow otScs Ipt%
eyucally loose. free aud easy, SMOKES inhnite
tobacco. His voice is musical. metallic it for iond
betrcen do not meet in these late decades such
company over pipe. We shall see what ne VIII
grow to- He is often unweli very chaotic: MS way
through chaos aud the bottomless aud pathless not
handy for making ont many miles upon" Inc
season of 1s45, the year in which Iennysons
reputation may first he said firmly to have estab-
lshed itself was passed by him mainly IN London.
At Samuel Rogors's he met Tom Moore, Leigh HUNT.
Walter Savage Landor and Mr. Gladstone ne
the then Prime Minister, Sir Robert Peel, and was
attacked bitterly by Bulwer for doing SO ~ dlo
New Timon' He rejoined With SEVERITY IN p,s sc,ns
The passage of arms between the two poets WIS
quickly over, and il may be remarked that IN loT.s
{irty years later, Tennyson dedicated bis drama OF
Harold" to the present Lord Lylton. then
Viceroy of India In 1850 Wordsworth died ana
Tenny son was appointed in succession 70 nm. 9o
the post. Poet Laureate. Four years previously
wordsworth had said SThere is little now that
be called high poetry Mr Iennysohh vs. h,rnns amoras
lies in the very of the poets nature and Mr
Tennyson gives. magnificent proofs that he is
Secluded as has been his life there is no poet OF
the cer fury who has synpatbized more deeply WITH
OF has interpreted more faithfully the spirit OF his
age than Lord Tennyson. In answer to question
contained in a circular issued by Messrs parker "
Son; who wished 70 Obtain the oplniGhs % nI ,eaams
books as in other things" In aIn MenIoriamp" he
had shown his deep insight into the moral ana
religious problems of tho day; In bis !" Ode on tis
Death of the Duke of Wellington he gave splendid
expression to the patriotism OF the Ansio-.;axoI
race About the same time he awoke tie national
mind to q sense of the nadequacy OF the licences OK
England and the necessity OF large expenditure 70
make the shores OF EngaRRq RGsa sts grd asS.
which contained the germ of the idea tlat ne
developed subsequently in the well !a Known & and
For Tennyson is above all things an Englisnnan.
If the form of much OF his poetry Is Creek X IN ms
d'Arthurn he has reproduced, perhaps with nncon:.
scous felicity. tho rhythm and Inspiration OF
Homer if, as in Maud. his vein - sometli,es sometimes
morbid there is a strain of Anglo; Saxon nanlness,
of the ROBUSTNESS proper to one who tho laureate
of England predoTmating IN & everydthnS d Dg Das rs
written When rennysoph hor nrst nnan pfo mpon t. her
reply was"I think it perfect stuf?' she coon
changed her opnion. and when Iennysqn recited 70
lied admiration for it. I" | must mix myself with
action. lest | wther by despair such are the
hero of Locksley Hail. aud which explain the
almost fierce cordiality of the welcome he gives 10
the war which brings to an end y th' peace that IL
no peace" . - .
lust as no poet ever lived whose manners or ways
of life less justified the reproach OF eifeminacy;
sometimes brought against Tennyson, SO there could
he no greater contrast between the fnickng
that EXPRESSION Is not 700 strong OK
nncc
laLOrs to enforce. This contrast has often peen
entphatically forced upon the minds of those who
have listened TO him Willie ne mas osSn re"uns
poems aloud in monotonous chant, muslcal
indeed but not without suspicion OF guinness N
its cadences. Once when he was faySrlnc , & lew
short at the passage, The birds in the high hail
garden calling Maud! Maud! Maud = and asked
lady what birds these were. "Nlghtiugales,' she
poctcally replied " Bosh," rojoned tho bard;
Z What cockney you are Nightingale don't say
Maud. Rocks do. or something p IKE It. 1ht Gaw, cav!
daughter. who tells this story. and VINO says 0f
Tennyson's reading: "0ne can hardly describe ~
it is sort of mystical incantation, chane III
which every note rises and falls and reverberates
AS years go by the Tennysonan legend will grow,
and the name of EnglJnds noblest laureate viii
become in an increasing degree the centre round
which stories of every kind, some trae many false,
5ut even the taise not wholly w4asnoss see'nS
some aspect OK the man.-will crystalline. Many
Years have passed since tho house enaid onenng the
door OF the poets villa IN tine tsle ol " gbt anu
mindful of tie injunction she had received to
protect her at any cost against lmportunate
' isitors. asked by a tall, handsome gentleman
whether Mr.. TennysOn at home. OK course lie
was not and the attendant pymPh on inqutrlng
whether she should give any message was pidden
by the distinguished stranger to say . Prince
Albert had called" Subsequently TO tins the iaure
ate became on terms of friendly intimacy with MS
Royal Highness, and he continues 20 pay WISH
once a year to the Queen at Windsor. Not the
least memorable of bis meetings with royalty was
the occasion which. three years ago. accompany
inp Mr. Gladstone in sir Denald Currios steamer on
q three weeks cruise. he was requested by the
Princess of Wales and her sister the impress or
at Copenhagen where they were staying, to rea6
aioud to them fnOch Arden Needless to say be
cnmnled with their wish The royal ladies not