The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1892-10-14

Lord TenHysoa.
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
Alfred Tennyson. the thir son OF Raw
George Clayton Tennyson and his wife Eliza.
beth tmaiden name FytchsI. was born at som
ershy. near Horncastle. Lincolnshire August a
~ His grandfather was Georg, Tennyson.
OF Bayon Manor. a wealthy lawyer descended
from the Planfagenets through the Norman
family D'Eyncourt. The poets maternal grand
istner. ike his father, was vicar AMI his early
NE was spent In an atmosphere OF orthodoxy
snh aristocfacy The home OF his boyhooi was
surrounded by beautiful scenery His father
possessed strong aud cultivated mind and his
mother was "asweet and gentle and most imav.
NATIVE woman. Three OF the sons % tn ass par-
ems showed roetic gifts Afr IDS first stuifas
were conducted at home ana at tho village
school lie was thoughtful child with a
hveiv FANCY His first verses written on
asat", snd while still q child nj his grand !.
fathers request. he wrote an eagv on the
death OF HIS grandmother with his older
prother CHARLES he sent to the grammar
School ~ Loufh. and in that nlaca was pub
nshed Poems bv Two Brothers. written bv
.he Two Youths The work WIS printed bv
Lou'h firm. and another edition was issuaa nv
London house In 1871. but il was many years
before the poems attracted much attention. In
is~ Charles and Alfred joined their senior
brother Frederick AZ Trinity college Cam.
br'fge. and Z was here that Alfred became
Intimate with Arthur Henry Hallam whose
early death was the foundation OF one OF
Tennysor's greatest works
In his first year At college Alfred wro.a "Th,
Lovers Tale. which wa withhold from the
pubic. however until ls.l IN issa Tennyson
and Hsiism competed for the chancallor's gold
me lai. the subject being "Timbncioo Tan.
pvson'- POEM. in blank versa won the nri-,
AM was the lradng item in the academic pnb
hcaton OF that year. A review 90 II in IN.
Atheneum was the FIRST critical recognition ~
the gifts OF the Young poet y xt year cam,
rorth little volume written bv Alfred and
entitled Poems Chiefly Lyrical o, the fiftv.
three pieces in the collection the author subsa.
quently REJECTED tweatv. three nni extensively
revised several % the Others bu, .ha, all orig.
insliv had high marks OF poetic merit ia con-
coded. The poef' father die n lss1 Charles
Iennyson published volume II poems an
Titled sonnets aud Fugitive Pieces and this
and Alfred recollection were favoraby reviewed
oy Leigh Hunt and Arthur Hallam
Aired rank rs poet became better under
stood when his volume OF 1913 Poems came
from the press. In this wire frs, prin,ad "A
Drnam OF Fair Women" The Palace OF Art
Gnonc" AMI THE Lady of Shalo,t The
Iasn hous poet In late years rejected fifteen Of
IN thirty one poems and altered others VIII
sou Lockhart attacked him savagaly IN tho
uuartsrlies. but bis reputation grew steadily
One OF the greatest shocks % hi- life was the
death. in 1897 81 Hailam who was engaged "a
a.
hi@ sister Emily Such was his grief and incon-
soiabe frame OF mini ttat he published varv
little poetry for the next nine years During
tn's period he lived quietly with his mother
snn sisters with an uncl~ ut Castor. or among
friends ~ London. and the only poams pro-
duced were ''St Agnes" lls}7l and the stanzas.
ON That 'Twere Possible" Afterwards am
bodied in MAUD
This was the onl Interruption to Tannvson.a
aie'"ng literary career. In 1852 he published
mrs poems in two volumes. aiding to those
from former work. "Morta A Arthur ..rba
Gsrdener's Daughter" Dora" 4t-lva.es .
'Lccksev Hall ""Ciodiva. The Two Voices
and several other Of his most noted minor
poems From this time onward he was n com.
handing figure IN Enrlish literature At tho
instance OF Sir Robert Peel the queen awarded
MN civil list pension Of fDDa year Bulwer
attacked tho poet and the pension in ''The
New Timon" and 'Tannyson responded
with decided advantage through the
Columns OF Punch and other channels
Inc Princess" was published ia lei- and I'm \
Memoriam" In 1851 Tennyson became En-.
Hii-h laureate in 1870 succeeding Wordsworth
ne was married the same year to Emily Sell I
wood. daughter OF Mr. Henry sellwood. os
Horncsstle. and chose a residence Mt Twicken- /
ham The next publications were he ode on the l
desth OF Wellington tis52l 1.-THE Charge OF
the L'gh. Brigsds" tis5u. Maud ard Other
Poems" tis55l. "Tdylls Of the King" 1857. tho
wr"vhr W Princess Al 1xand-a tlslll and I
'Encch Arden and Other Poems" 1894
The poets mother died in 1895 The offer
OF shsronetcy was refused that year and also
three years later. Queen Mary" n drama.
was placed on the stage IN condensed form
IN iss. hut the public was not at
Tacted by this or by any OF Tennyson's 1
Writings for the stage. Rev Charles Tenny- Z
son died IN is7p. In 1884 Tennvson was raised
10 the peerags under title 81 Baron Tennyson
OF Ahworth and Farrirgford Sine. that year
three small volumes 'of poems have appeared.
CONTAINING among other pieces "Tocks'ev Hall Z
sixty Years After" also n drama on tho sub.
jet Of Robin Hood or late years the laureate
divided his time between ~, seasii e abode nj
Frcshwafer. Isle Of Wight. AM bis residence al
on high ground in Surrey A year
'go Sir Edwin Arnold saw tbs poet at Aldworth
md wrote that he "only weakened not<
'roken by age \" Tennysons son HaIam IivxI
With him. and was the mainstav OF his par1I,s
n their old aga. Lady Tennyson having I,asn
. infrm health for many years The Zns,on
EDO rec lived by Tennyson for fuI yasr.
~ long been distributed by himse,/s, 80
ate manner 10 needy deserving xI,,hnrs A.
,stitution in which the poet t. ,.ar,,, ,n,ar.
st Is the Gordon boys home. u,daa IL 1.cn
ordon and commended TO knnvson.. car. On
\. departure OF tire Cener/ ~ rgyn, ,ha IN
Vt Of the home being u lor Lsvr.. ~ ~, ~
,ltiers and sailors. death OF the laureate
,nd,t,on ~ Fc.iish hding is. con sidering the I
orh iike The XII y Poetry outside Of his own 7
here is no one ~ some grand solitary towrr.
, ,rora Ia succeed him. " u II would he
ave ,he Ia IA Just trihut. 20 his genius to
~ cbsl 6res.eship untitled for the present.
~, UX Of the laureates Tennyson. w orfs-
~s1%H and Southcy reaches back 70 the yeav