The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1892-10-11

| the nigh lrlenuS. Cnce w Twice curing
thn 49,, he lifted his eyes to faces of
fnI sm;laS by his bedside arl a beauti-
dnnbt nn tayed over his features. No
and Who, ,e future was in his wan face
f,u ,stnon end came he appeared to
~, AZ Ia oeyestful was ne and so calm
Of tha onrei nfNd to the b.ckoning hand
beside him scan 1n nav 'h4 tSat VINO no SI bod
passed away.
Lincolnshire England born Goo at ri, CONVERSELY
the Rev. George Clayrn r lsV3 ~" Iatn 4i
rector of Somersiy and ,;ior If Te,ninctn ,u
ter Of the Rev Strnhnn n Fiber was the daush
He was the third of Il r,,i,,, Of - 1911 ,noI.n
children: The title which s;nad' for bt' NE
title of Poet Laureate of lneand began - dn.
yelop ltSeif i'll his early ,ouh. for WIN ~
years OLD he, with his brotlr Charles WIN WIZ, 10 70
erwards became vicar of Grnsbr and ass1,mna
the name OF Turner, ,publhed a small voI
poems attracted some attenbn Hos Sin ih
"A. f. receiving the highest raisn Eo1n n,:hea
declaring thar they alone O. mo snInct;ns.
IN ine volume gave hopeful promise of q
The early training of Alfred and Cbar,s
was assumed by the father. nter AjfrT
was sent to Trinity college, Camldro nhan
in 1929 he was awarded the chanceor,s m mn
for the poem in blank verse entitlc ."lim rr,r.
too" a year later he published hi first v.l
ume OF poems, Chiefly Lyrical" Iari.n';,
was the only famous poem in this. ~ Hn1nna
bnt in a revised and enlarged edith jna,,,,,
IN IN 1888 We're found the May Que,.; 'I tIe
lotus Lotus E9 ,tai The Lady OF shal1," 4
tina, are stiil well Known. But this ,o In,,s
attracted comparatively little attenti, and
nothing S1t fugitive bits from his pen abeared
ldyis and Other Pocms.' He preser5 'i -,
this new volume all that he cared to ha i've ~.
of ms efforts In early publications Il, 'i n-
nm nm place i in the first rank Of living lets.
"T Heh' Two H Voices St 1 SimS%9 styIis
and Mort d'Arthur" One Of his l..
great efforts was the Princess. a Mcd,,A..,
in blank verse, with its theme the pro-
sphere OF women, published in 1917. -
III lSoo there appeared anonymously wit
was probably the purcst and nohlesf pot
Of that period. Tennyson's in Mcmorianfr
u ;lot series $, OF ~ brief poems all wrought
gethcr IN grand pathetic tribute to the mem
ry OF the poets college friend and comDanior
hrlnur Italian, who died in Vienna in 1854
IA thail hilt WAS me son of the son of Italian
INC historian ana was engaged to marry Ten
nysoh's sister, fact not known rtaneron,
uhtlt many years later For seventeen ve.r
tennysoh had borne the sacred grief of hi
friend. death, during which time he comnnl
ed the elegies contained in the volume n,
MemOriam.' Al
-, Noy. u, 1850 ,Tennyson was appointed +,
land. succeeding Wordsworth. or tha nnnn-
written in that capacity thsce have boee few
that have been considered BY critics aswork
poems, notably the lode on the Death Of III.
Duke of Wellington" and the .Chorge Of th'
Light Brigade at Balaklava." Both of thcs,
We're lhclu n IN his volume entitled "Mauc
ana other Poems" published in 1850" Maud'
was described as being $50 anomalous. botI
III narrative treatment and in mptricaI con
Struct1on, that critics and readers We're wide
~ AT variance concerning it. Whatever ad
verse criticism might have been evoked owe,
MAUD was lost sight of and forgotten
through the universally appauded 'Idyls Of
lished in 1889. under the titles Enid" "Viv
len" Elaine and "Genevieve." drawn
from the legends of King Arthur. Tennysor
which be continued in various volumes OF
verse published during the next fifteen years
entitled .J l, IN the order of their publication
"Pelleas and Etarre," "The Last Tour
nament," -, and THE Passing Of Ar
thur. n,s These eoa,t works did not include
1864 the. poem which has since be-
come familiar to nearly the whole of chris,
tendon, "Enoch Ardens." was published along
Dreams. an Idyl, which had been written orig
inally for McNIillan's Magazine, and for which
Tennyson received FLO, or $50. line, which
sum ever pad ne f o WAS Of fhs
"Enoch Arden" met with wide nopulalit
as much the result of the regularity of the
plot as from its lierGry merit.
Early in his career he met with severe crit
1cism. particularly from Bu,wer- I.ytton. who
wrote OF him In the New Timon. a publication
OF that day:
Let scool-Miss Alfred vent her chaste de-
light
IN darling little rooms so warm and bright,
Chamt I'm a-weary in Infectious strain
And each the buefly singing i the pane"
Tennyson replied to this in versified sarcasm.
winch avNed n cessation or hoStiities from
that quarter though he was vllifed and ad-
Versely criticised for many years.
nc lnFson was always careless Of his dress,
careless t. a degree not far removed from un-
ud"cSs. He was to be met about his house
wearing soft SLOUGH hat. Il suit the worse for
wear; long. struggling locks and an untrimped
neafi, while he was rarely without y short.
biack pipe in his mouth. Queer tales are told
OF MS uisagreeable manners his churlineSS
ms vanity. and his general ill-manners.
me creating of Tennyson Il peer was not
conductive to lowering his dignity and reduc-
ing ms vanity. He was created peer by
queen Victoria early in 1884. in consideration
or his DISTINGUISHED services. March 18th OF
mat year he took his seat In the house OF
lords.
Tennyson turned his attention towards the
dramatic art first in 1870, when he wrote
THE Window, or the Songs of the Wrens."
which was set to music by Sir Arthur Sulli-
van. In 1875 he wrote Queen Mary" n drama
and his effort in the dramatic line was 1.-THE