Complete Works of Alfred Lord Tennyson

Complete Works of Alfred Lord Tennyson, Poet Laureate. Bumpus signed binding.

Author: Tennyson, Lord Alfred

12mo. (4.75" x 7.25") 1900. Tennyson, Lord Alfred. London" MacMillan and Co. Ltd.Full green levant with gilt triple rule frames with fancy floral corners to both covers. Spine with five gilt decorated raised bands, gilt author in floral rule framed second compartment, floral rule frames with a centered gilt floral device to each other, gilt year at foot of spine. All edges gilt. Spine sun-faded to a pleasing chocolate brown, starting to affect front cover (see pic). Mild edgewear, corners slightly bumped, head of spine chipped with tiny loss (see pic). Generous leather turn-ins with gilt decoration, with beige endpapers. Beautiful signed binding by Bumpus Ltd. Engraved portrait as frontispiece. Printed in two columns per page. Green woven bookmark at center of book. Gift inscription in old ink to first free flyleaf. Moderate foxing to first few and last leaves of text. A beautiful book.

From Wiki: Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson FRS (/ˈtɛnɪsən/; 6 August 1809 – 6 October 1892) was an English poet. He was the Poet Laureate during much of Queen Victoria's reign. In 1829, Tennyson was awarded the Chancellor's Gold Medal at Cambridge for one of his first pieces, "Timbuktu". He published his first solo collection of poems, Poems, Chiefly Lyrical, in 1830. "Claribel" and "Mariana", which remain some of Tennyson's most celebrated poems, were included in this volume. Although described by some critics as overly sentimental, his verse soon proved popular and brought Tennyson to the attention of well-known writers of the day, including Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Tennyson's early poetry, with its medievalism and powerful visual imagery, was a major influence on the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. Tennyson also excelled at short lyrics, such as "Break, Break, Break", "The Charge of the Light Brigade", "Tears, Idle Tears", and "Crossing the Bar". Much of his verse was based on classical mythological themes, such as "Ulysses". "In Memoriam A.H.H." was written to commemorate his friend Arthur Hallam, a fellow poet and student at Trinity College, Cambridge, after he died of a stroke at the age of 22. Tennyson also wrote some notable blank verse including Idylls of the King, "Ulysses", and "Tithonus". During his career, Tennyson attempted drama, but his plays enjoyed little success. A number of phrases from Tennyson's work have become commonplace in the English language, including "Nature, red in tooth and claw" ("In Memoriam A.H.H."), "'Tis better to have loved and lost / Than never to have loved at all", "Theirs not to reason why, / Theirs but to do and die", "My strength is as the strength of ten, / Because my heart is pure", "To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield", "Knowledge comes, but Wisdom lingers", and "The old order changeth, yielding place to new". He is the ninth most frequently quoted writer in The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations.

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