Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-08-30
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az Ward in tho New kcVieW.)
more were several things which struck
so fresh after ] had come 20 know him
,.r.r. one was. shat even at q time
.s., was waking with him often, and
.s,oyiug the real intimacy which was
cav privilege. bis shyness on first coming
,rt, fae room. before we started for our
,..-ri-e walk remained. one had noticed
A. loss when It appeared TO be only the
,I,vue.s OF a man Of q certain age TO
,.u to "a boy. But 20 the very end. 1t
,.a the same. even with those whom he
RS most frequently seeing One waited
,ernaps .n the anu-room at Farringford'
Ia "a few minutes. before he appeared.
And when he dd so. there was the far-ou
look in his eyes something between the
look of a ne1r-s -hted man, and very
rsr-gllhteI man-lIe. no doubt partly TO
refectlve vision. bat conveying also
sense chat bis imagination was still &C.
rup.cd With ITSELF and that his mind was
not vet focused" on the world imme-
uatelv about him. j have known him
stand for several minutes, after half
absent chow dye do?' in this dreamy
state. with his curious look or high
t,rrt- constituencies. before he began 10
lnlk. And u one waited silently for him
So sneak. one might have waited IN vain.
yo zen him an amusing story was the
last means o. breaking the SPELL Inc
CLEAN OF humor came TO his face at once,
Sc broke into laughter. left the regions
A. mental abstraction. and probably at
rrcs capped the story himself
IL a stranger had come TO see him, the
shyness aud abstraction might last
longer / remember once going TO FAR
!nrflri with a friend-a true worship
yer OF his genius-and after the nrst
words Of gree ting he seemed TO be en-
trs. ln the clouds, until, after long
waiting. we hit upon device TO arouse
im. picture by Edward Lean hung IN
tas room. and under it were four lines
from the Palace OF Art:
pns saem'd all dark and red-a tract Of
s4ul,
And some one pacing there alone,
WHO paced forever in q glimmering land
Ut with q low large moon.
We are looking at the picture, and
fl.l 20 my companion: Read the lines.
she read them, Swing them a KIND or
Ictrlcll jingle in moment Ieunyson'
vho had been standing alone at the other
eide of the room, stepped rapidly across
seized her arm, and said; Don't read
them like that" and went on with MS
,e.u. sonorous voice TO read, or rather
chant them himself with the roll which
was so well known TO his friends.
When once the spell had been thus
broken the absolute freedom and ma
tlraluess of his conversation came on
those who had not seen him before as a
Flurlse And no doubt. the impression
lert on some. of his being difiident and
holding himself aloof, came partly from
meeting him on occasions when the first
fhyness failed 20 pass away.
The earliest walks 1 remember with
Tennyson were lar6e parties. SIX or eleht
would often 90 with him, and he himself
talked with one at a time, changing MS
companion occasionally. But from about
lS2 onward ! frequently went out with
him tete-a-tete. And 10 was then that he
waxed most earnest on problems CON
rected with metaphysics and religious
philosophy. Before we started there
would he q good deal 20 distract his atten-
zion. First there was the unloosening ot
Che dogs who were 10 so with Us. Don
and Duke in earlier days, and later the
beautiful staghOund Luira or the graceful
i-areuina, are an inseparable part Of the
picture OF those walks that lives in the
memory. And conversation was from
time 90 time suspended, while he dealt
roudiEn chastisement for their occasional
sicmean0rs-the chasing Of a sheep, OF
Doe fighting with another dog.
AS we crossed the areless-ordered
Earieu" he would call attention to some
lttle alteration or addition. in which he
was sure 10 be keenly interested. did
sou ever see d cypress growing against
q wall bef0reF' he asks. as he points 10
O. dark tree nailed against wall 1--WE
have crlclued that tree 10 make IL grow
Mus We stop again al the tennis
laUl-'tho rabbits look on the chalk
line as marking out charmed and for
hidden ground" and he traces with his
stick the minute disturbances OF the turf
which PTS watchful eye has noted near the
outer line OF the court. nowhere passing
within it a hundred yards outside tho
laIk gates we pause at the shop Of
ROGERS. the naturalist, who has been /
t-lirg heron or a monkey which one
~ tho fresh-V alter sailors may have given
l.m, and the poet VIII study It with keen |
Interest. Then the walk is resumed. but I
before we have gone far along the road /
90 Freshwater bay some tree or plant Will /
ifain stop HIM Then he suddenly breaks /
on wiihi ''But. what IS the good oil I
speaking 20 you about this? You are a |
Dad az your father, who noticed nothing.
GA not even know his own fields from /
mine. You once took lily Of the valley /
''r snowdrop."
Tennyson would at times overlook an |
obviously unsatisfactory line I'm his frst /
draft ] recall his reading % me and - /
smother friend "Vastness" before he pub |
Ashel 30 ia Macmillan's Magazine. The /
stately couplets-cach descriptive OF some 1
phaee of the universe Of human exis 1
teh-v-Were given with grand effect until |
De READ this one:
Love ior the maiden crowned with mar.
r.age
70 reeiet for aught that has been
,eput.- competence. comely children,
4l'ipy household. sober and clean.
iiLs bearers smiled very visibly al the I
iatt words. Iennyson noticed the effect
l1oBe- DO % be warranted by the line
enc t-"iole The stsnza with perfect goo.
humor and simplicity:
love Tor The maiden crowned with mar
riaEe.
20 regrets Tor -ught that has been.
1iouseno-l happiness. gracious children.
O'''''a@ competence. golden mean.
mink Z avn night in saying that the
kie1t problems OF metaphysics and OF
hlei Destiny and origin occupied a larger
'N'Ie oi Dds thoughts than heretofore
s.ilhs me last ten or twelve years OF his
ne hut Indications OF the trains OF
thought which he afterward matured are
- o. found comparatively early. l asked
MIN which was the earliest poem In which
hs nad begun seriously 10 consider these
Ii,biems, and he said The Two Voices"
40 cOuplets therein express his method /
~ nearly all his great rnetanbvefcoI |