University of Virginia Library

Search this document 
The Works of Tennyson

The Eversley Edition: Annotated by Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Edited by Hallam, Lord Tennyson
Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson (1809-1892)

expand sectionI. 
POEMS
expand sectionII. 
POEMS
expand sectionIII. 
ENOCH ARDEN AND IN MEMORIAM
expand sectionVII. 
THE PRINCESS AND MAUD
 V. 
IDYLLS OF THE KING
expand sectionIII. 
BALLADS AND OTHER POEMS
expand sectionIV. 
DEMETER AND OTHER POEMS
collapse sectionVIII. 
QUEEN MARY AND HAROLD
expand section 
QUEEN MARY:
collapse section 
HAROLD:
  
[dedication]
  
SHOW-DAY AT BATTLE ABBEY, 1876.
collapse section 
HAROLD: A DRAMA
expand sectionI. 
HAROLD.
expand sectionII. 
ACT II.
expand sectionIII. 
ACT III.
expand sectionIV. 
ACT IV.
expand sectionV. 
ACT V.
expand sectionIX. 
BECKET AND OTHER PLAYS

collapse section Collapse All | Expand All expand section
previous section The Works of Tennyson
next section

XV.

Theere! I ha' master'd them! Hed I married the Tommies—O Lord,
To loove an' obaäy the Tommies! I couldn't 'a stuck by my word.
To be horder'd about, an' waäked, when Molly 'd put out the light,
By a man coomin' in wi' a hiccup at ony hour o' the night!
An' the taäble staäin'd wi' 'is aäle, an' the mud o' 'is boots o' the stairs,
An' the stink o' 'is pipe i' the 'ouse, an' the mark o' 'is 'eäd o' the chairs!
An' noän o' my four sweet-arts 'ud 'a let me 'a hed my oän waäy,
277

Sa I likes 'em best wi' taäils when they 'evn't a word to saäy.
previous section The Works of Tennyson
next section