New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-08-23
HOW TENNYSON TALKED.
c1JMpsEs OF THE MANS INNER NATURE.

GLIMPsEs OF THE MANS INNER NATURE.
HIS CURIOUS ABsTRAcTIoN-Hrs ATTITUDE OF
HuMrIITY-AccURACy IN TRIVIAL MATTERS
WHAT HE THOUGHT ABOUT CALVIN
IsM-A TALK IN ILLNESS
w Ward In The New Review.
There were several things which struck ne afresh
after | had come to know him better. one was
that at a time when was walking WIN MN
often and enjoying the real intimacy when was ISM, my
privilege. his shyness first coming into thc rooni
before we started for our morning walk remained
one had noticed IT less when 1t appeared TO De on'y
the slowness of man OF certain age 10 lak 10 d
boy But TO the very end IL was the same, even
with those whom he was most frequently se .ns
ford for few minutes before he appeapcd IN A mo
when he did there was the rar,on loon m tn6
eyes something between the look OF near
man and a very far-sghted man-due. no douD'
partly to defective vision but conveying a,s1 h ,tsnT
and that his mind was not yet iocuSsru VI. ~, ~
world Immediately about him. have known , nun
stand for several minutes after hali -apsenl ,loM
dive dor? I'm this dreamy state with his curious look
of hgh-s,rung constituencies before ne oesam aou ~
talk And If one waited silently for MIN 70 sPehh
one might have TO wait in vain. To tel nm an
amusing story the best means OF ott re-, ne ~
spell The CLEAN of humor came TO MS race ~
once ne broke into laughter. left the regions or
mental abstraction and probably at once capped inc
II a strange had come TO see him. the shyness
and abstraction might last longer rene" ,r'a
wnrshipneI ~ his genusand after the first words
of greeting he seemed to be entirely In the clouds
arouss him picture by Edward Lear hung in the
Of Art:
one scen,d all dark and red--a tract Of sand
And some ne paGnT i gIIHn arnr land
liz with low large moon.
conn wfte Read the lines She read them Civ
tva tPb",n a kind Of metrical Jingle In moment
-ho Ia
arm u and said: Don't read them Ike that" and
rdn;, on With his deep sonorous voice to read or
rattle chant them himself with the roll "h'n WAS
80 WIN one the spell had been thus broken the
absolute freedom and naturaness OF ms con
aoi, rrmris And no doubt the impression lcf. on
some Of his being diident and holding himssl,
aloof came partly from meeting him on occasions
When the first shyness failed TO pass away
eares. walks repem s w wh T 6f1@ eo
with him and he himself talked with one AT tlme,
cbanging his companion occasionally. But from
about 49, onward frequently wcii out WIN mn,
tete-a And il was then that ne WaNed ilGst
tarnesf on problems connected with metaphysics
and religious philosophy Before we started M t,
would be a good deal 10 distract ms attention. M
Their, was the unlooseninR of the dogs VINO WEI" 10
60 with Don and Duke In earh', r., da !H ai,I
later the beautiful staghound lufra or le htarei W
Iarenina ire an inseparabe part of the picture OF
those walks that lives In the memory ana t,, ro me-
vcrsation from time to time suTPengeo w,iio M
dealt condigr chastisement for thrlT oVc''Soil,
misdemc lnOrS-thc chasing OF a sht'I vi 'H' ISL"
ing with another dog ..,o.,,. t
would call attention TO some little alteration OF az
dirion In which he sure 10 he keehl! h'cica'".
Did YOU ever cypress growing asaillS'
wall before ." he asks, as he points 10 Il udih ~
nail,6 agains; 4 wall we have cruclled lha'
RE-, 70 make il grow thus" We stop again at the
tennis lavn-'Tho rabbits look on the chalk -nhe az
narking out charmed and forbidden ground Anu
he traces with his stick the minute disturbances on
the turf which his watchful eye mas holt' i.hi ~
outer line of the court nowhere passing Wilhlh u,
4 hundred wards outside the PARK gates we pi"S'
at the shop OF Rogers the naturalist. VINO mas p',h
Stunning q heron or "A monkey which ono oi the ircsi,
water sailors may have given him ana lhe pot WIN
study IL with keen interest. Then the Walk i r.
s,imcd hut before We have gone far along me roin
10 Freshwater Bay some tree or pan, VII a e1
sion him Then he suddenly breaks OF WIN pun
what is the good OF speaking TO you apout tnlS'
Vo,, -. a. had as your father who noticed nothing,
did not even know his own fields from mine. You
once took a lily of tho valley for snowdrop'
rennvson would a. times overlook an obviously
unsafisfactorv line in his first draft recall ms
raidir, IN me and to another friend ~ astnesS
before he published il In 'MacminanS MaE.'zlnr
Tho stately couplets-each descriptive OF Soinc
,tase of the universe of human existence were
yi,er with grand effect until he read this one:
Love f,~ the maiden crowned with marriage.
No regre' for aushi ina mas n ~,
Ichflass competence comely chi.lr'h
Happy household. sober ard clean
His hearers smiled very visibly at the last words.
Tcpnvson noticed the effect. judged 1t TO be war-
ranted nv the line and rewrOte the stauza with
perfect good hUmor and simplicity:
Love for the maiden crowned with marriage
No reerefs flr auGht tia has been
household happiness. gracious children.
Debfcss competence. golden moan