Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-10-07

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lord TENNYsON.
,,t,o,'sss Lord TennysOn lay upon
,,-.,reb the tide OF his life gently and
--,rv sbb.ng out into the ocean OF the
.s,,,o No rocks Of pain or sorrow
.ls,tad its course or cause a ripple
~-oo me OUTGOING tide. As peacefully
pa ss gently as he had lived, so he
9s3. looking until the end into the eyes
1f.,8se dear 90 BIN. All the members
obls family were 40 his bedside, and
g. andrew clark remained by his side
an, tto moment of his arrival yeSter-
Until be breathed bis last. 50 gen
~ and pq'rless was his passing away
,ss- tss family did not know he had
,ops mail DR.. Clark broke the news 10
I,5v Taruvson, who bore the closing
scenes OF her trial we'll in spite OF her
extremely delicate health.
The Hon. Hallam Tennyson, the
poet, SON. says that his fathers death
pa, smfnertIv peaceful. He did not
show single trace OF suffering TO dis
res, his sorrowiug relatives and friends.
Once or twice during the night he INT
d bis eyes 90 the face OF the watchers
bvb.s bedside. and a smile played over
NJ, features. No doubt as 90 the future
Vas In his wan face, and as the end
came be appeared 20 fall asleep. SO
rs.t'DI vas he and so calmly did he re-
sp0nd 90 the reckoning hand OF the angel
Of death that those who stood beside
\ Bin scarcely knew that he passed away.
Bsram further says that Lady Jenny
son bears up with fOrtitude under the
sorrow that has come to her She was
With Lord Teunyson throughout all his
sickness. and minlstered 90 all his wants
30 FAR as in her power. All hope was
practically abandoned early yesterday
afternoon The doctors were surprised
that he lasted through the previous
nlght 90 great was his debility. He
could take no nourishment, and con-
tnued 60 grow weaker and weaker until
the end.
Dr. Clark saw Lord TennysOn In Lon
doa three months ago. He then told
y Hl.am TennySon he thought his father
vas breaking up. Sir Andrew said to-
Dag that death was partially the result
o. suppressed govt complicated with
Influenza, but &c was chiefly due TO nat
unI decay. He added: "HiS end Lord
Ielnys0n might well have pictured and
earnestly desired as his lot"
The Pail NuH Gazette says Mr.. Glad
stone viii appoint Algernon Swlnburne
70 The post Of Poet Laureate made
vacant by the death OF Lord TennySon.
hQ1Otes from @ recent article In the
Speaker written by Mr.. Gladstone en-
hted British Poetry In the Nine
tenth Century" After awarding Ten
Tyson the palm Mr. Gladstone wrote;
Pressing upon him or walking In the
ane path, we have had many true
poets, some extraordinary and many OF
very considerable powers. Among
those claiming the first OF these de-
Srptons we have mentioned Brown
ls and mereSt justice requires that we
-ll SwiubUrne" The Pal NGU Gazette
.ll& IN view Of the abuse Swinburne
ls layshet upon Mr.. Gladstone, the
.l0ige would be characteristic and an
Ssiance Of a great mans magnanimity.
u may be mentioned as coincidence
way year ago to-day a man died who
's as Dre-eminent TO his field of labor
= vas Ie0lysOn In his. On October 6,
Ssi' Charles Stewart Parnell, the great
"'s y. leader, passed away.
aIIeo IennysOn was born August 6,
a. his fathers parsonage, at Som
80 Lincolnshire, his mother, who
81 10 1865, being a daughter OF the
r stephen Fytche. lie was educa-
oy MS father, aud in due course pro-
lsl 70 Trinity College, Cambridge.
.'u 'le exception OF a volume Of
'N published ia conjunction with
y oio'aer Charles, when they were
~ ald prize poem, composed while
Undergraduate at Cambridge, Mr..
~. llyson did not publish anything tin
Nv "nen Poems, Chiefly Lyrical"
SSsfed' and from 1882 the steady and
-s'4 growth of mis- fame may be traced.
-o '"o volumes then issued were In
gllo merely a republication, but the
~. important poems were those added
ms former productions.
~ was apparent that the author of
e Morte Arthur, " tLocksley Hall"
es May Queen" and the Two
.O'ces' was entitled TO take the first
lalS among E1glsh poets. n reputation
sl.ca was more than sustained by the
~ great works which followed.
" well known and popular, indeed, had
-.. Aennyson become after the Dubli-
'uoa OF in Memorlam, " in 1870, that
seemed only matter OF COURSE upon
" death Of Wadsworth, I'm 1s5k that
~ privilege OF Fearing "the laurel
.ee1er rom the brows OF him who ut
nothing oa+ should be 0fiRred
tre ,.Ode on thd Death OF the Duke
neiilnStoa" " published ia lSk2,
'ls morning Oh he Dukes funerA
la since that occ rrence few events b
oIe than ordinar interest TO the eyes
Eoglishmen have taken place with
-' electlng from Laureate some
zen worthy Of Ii occasion. Among
~ WORKS are the blowing: Poems