The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1891-1893, 1892-10-07
Lord TENNlSON Is DEAD.
'FsgE BEST or THE VICTORIAN
AGE PASSES AWAY.
ghe Poet Died Quietly and Happy
Khe sleep OF Death iAas Come
without IL Jar.
\ Cable 10 the state Chronicle


LONDON, oct G-Lord Tennyson
died at 30 tins morning. His passing
away was cam and peaceful. Sir An
drew Clarke, who attended the poet ia
his last hours said in an interview
Win representative We Of the international
Telegram Company, just after leaving
the death chamber, that Lord Icnny-
4 sous end was beautiful. ''In all my
experiences, said the cmiaent physl-
ciu, L never witnessed anything more
ui3liaus There were no artificial lights /
n tue chamber All was darkness cx
cont for tie silver ilght Of the full moon /
nirh fell upon the bed and played |
acros, the features OF the dying poet !
IKE the halo in one Of 'Rcmbrandts |,
pictures . Hallam Tennyson, the poets I
son, said: The end was beautiful, |
CAIN and painless. He passed away as if
in sleep The watchers could hardly
distinguish the final moment"
iwlCc daring the night the dying man
smiled upon those around his bedside,
indicating that ne was conscious ana
recognized them, but he was TOO feeble to
ton with iair degree of fortitude but
is nearly prostratcd by grief and fatigue.
The last words spoken by Lord Teuny-
son wele a few aifeclionate utterances
adirl ,sed To his wife about an hour be
fore j. death Throughout his illness
Lord Tennyaon showed grateful appre
ciaton oi every kindness and at
tentign extended to him. Until he
became too feeble to speak he frequently
thank Il the doctors and nurses, as well
T as the members of the household who
: ,ninistered to his wants. When the
q Queens Telegram Of enquiry as to thes
e sex mans condition were received, Hal
lam Teunyson read them to his father,
/, VINO listened with evident pleasure.
About half past ten O'Clock last evening
, the Il ing man swailpwt with difficulty
some brandy and milk given to him by
/ the physicians This was the last nour
i,nnent ne was able to receive. There
alter he gradually grew weaker until the
: lc ut ceased to beat
1 Teunyson attempted several dramatic
" No.ks, but II ca.aat be SAID with much
success In lS75 "Quven Mary" ap-
pe,ted .'Harold" came out in 1876,
4 The Cu9" ii 1881, The Falcon" and
Il the Promise oi May" in 1882 Mr..
e Irving took the princ ,3l male character
: III The Cup aad Queen Mary"
! When these plays vei presented at the
! Iyc,um thc,trr IN London Mr. and
Mr. kendal, p,ay.,l II me Falcon" for
= .6n, timp Dt i.fe Years Tennvson
nrnauc.d a litti. 1haf VA. worthy of his
!, mem In 1879 he published a small
, vnInme az nopms which include ed
..rhn R4v4n.,,." and The Sis.
tors ..rhe Rryeno.n is a splendid
account of the battle between Sir Rich
. ard Granville in his own shin and the
Sn,niards of the seventeenth century in
d thai, sixty. threr sbi.s In ,srbe Sis
$: ters' Tennvson came nearer the action
5 OF true drama than IN anything which
g ne has yet written ltnnysoh great
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8 ~. IanT.atp.h,n rannvson has hac
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= 1.r,at p,;tsir
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