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The Works of Tennyson

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

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POEMS
  
TO THE QUEEN.
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JUVENILIA.
  
CLARIBEL.
  
NOTHING WILL DIE.
  
ALL THINGS WILL DIE.
  
LEONINE ELEGIACS.
  
SUPPOSED CONFESSIONS
  
THE KRAKEN.
  
SONG.
  
LILIAN.
  
ISABEL.
  
MARIANA.
  
MARIANA IN THE SOUTH.
  
TO ------.
  
MADELINE.
  
SONG—THE OWL.
  
SECOND SONG.
  
RECOLLECTIONS OF THE ARABIAN NIGHTS.
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ODE TO MEMORY.
 I. 
I.
 II. 
II.
 III. 
III.
 IV. 
IV.
 V. 
V.
  
SONG.
  
A CHARACTER.
  
THE POET.
  
THE POET'S MIND.
  
THE SEA-FAIRIES.
  
THE DESERTED HOUSE.
  
THE DYING SWAN.
  
A DIRGE.
  
LOVE AND DEATH.
  
THE BALLAD OF ORIANA.
  
CIRCUMSTANCE.
  
THE MERMAN.
  
THE MERMAID.
  
ADELINE.
  
MARGARET.
  
ROSALIND.
  
ELEÄNORE.
  
[My life is full of weary days]
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EARLY SONNETS.
 I. 
I. TO ------
 II. 
II. TO J. M. K.
 III. 
III.
 IV. 
IV. ALEXANDER.
 V. 
V. BUONAPARTE.
 VI. 
VI. POLAND.
 VII. 
VII.
 VIII. 
VIII.
 IX. 
IX.
 X. 
X.
 XI. 
XI. THE BRIDESMAID.
  
THE LADY OF SHALOTT.
  
THE TWO VOICES.
  
THE MILLER'S DAUGHTER.
  
FATIMA.
  
ŒNONE.
  
THE SISTERS.
  
TO ------
  
THE PALACE OF ART.
  
LADY CLARA VERE DE VERE.
  
THE MAY QUEEN
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THE LOTOS-EATERS.
  
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CHORIC SONG.
  
A DREAM OF FAIR WOMEN.
  
THE BLACKBIRD.
  
THE DEATH OF THE OLD YEAR.
  
TO J. S.
  
ON A MOURNER.
  
[You ask me, why, tho' ill at ease]
  
[Of old sat Freedom on the heights]
  
[Love thou thy land, with love far-brought]
  
ENGLAND AND AMERICA IN 1782.
  
THE GOOSE.
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ENGLISH IDYLS.
  
THE EPIC.
  
MORTE D'ARTHUR.
  
THE GARDENER'S DAUGHTER;
  
DORA.
  
AUDLEY COURT.
  
WALKING TO THE MAIL.
  
EDWIN MORRIS;
  
ST. SIMEON STYLITES.
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APPENDIX.
  
TIMBUCTOO.
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THE HESPERIDES
  
[prologue]
  
Song of the Three Sisters.
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Additional lines and fragments of verse extracted from the notes.
  
[To The Queen]
  
MABLETHORPE
  
LOVE
  
II
  
[The Miller's Daughter]
  
[The Miller's Daughter]
  
[The Palace of Art]
  
[The Palace of Art]
  
[The Palace of Art]
  
[The Palace of Art]
  
[A Dream of Fair Women]
  
HOME
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POEMS
  
THE TALKING OAK.
  
LOVE AND DUTY.
  
THE GOLDEN YEAR.
  
ULYSSES.
  
TITHONUS.
  
LOCKSLEY HALL.
  
GODIVA.
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THE DAY-DREAM.
  
PROLOGUE.
  
THE SLEEPING PALACE.
  
THE SLEEPING BEAUTY.
  
THE ARRIVAL.
  
THE REVIVAL.
  
THE DEPARTURE.
  
MORAL.
  
L'ENVOI.
  
EPILOGUE.
  
AMPHION
  
ST. AGNES' EVE.
  
SIR GALAHAD.
  
EDWARD GRAY.
  
WILL WATERPROOF'S LYRICAL MONOLOGUE.
  
LADY CLARE.
  
THE CAPTAIN.
  
THE LORD OF BURLEIGH.
  
THE VOYAGE.
  
SIR LAUNCELOT AND QUEEN GUINEVERE.
  
A FAREWELL.
  
THE BEGGAR MAID.
  
THE EAGLE.
  
[Move eastward, happy earth, and leave]
  
[Come not, when I am dead]
  
THE LETTERS.
  
THE VISION OF SIN.
  
TO ---,
  
TO E. L.,
  
[Break, break, break]
  
THE POET'S SONG.
  
THE BROOK.
  
AYLMER'S FIELD.
  
SEA DREAMS.
  
LUCRETIUS.
  
ODE ON THE DEATH OF THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON.
  
THE THIRD OF FEBRUARY, 1852.
  
THE CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE.
  
ODE SUNG AT THE OPENING OF THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION.
  
A WELCOME TO ALEXANDRA.
  
A WELCOME TO HER ROYAL HIGHNESS MARIE ALEXANDROVNA, DUCHESS OF EDINBURGH.
  
THE GRANDMOTHER.
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NORTHERN FARMER.
  
NORTHERN FARMER.
  
THE DAISY.
  
TO THE REV. F. D. MAURICE.
  
WILL.
  
IN THE VALLEY OF CAUTERETZ.
  
IN THE GARDEN AT SWAINSTON.
  
THE FLOWER.
  
REQUIESCAT.
  
THE SAILOR BOY.
  
THE ISLET.
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CHILD-SONGS.
 I. 
I. THE CITY CHILD.
 II. 
II. MINNIE AND WINNIE.
  
THE SPITEFUL LETTER.
  
LITERARY SQUABBLES.
  
THE VICTIM.
  
WAGES.
  
THE HIGHER PANTHEISM.
  
THE VOICE AND THE PEAK.
  
[Flower in the crannied wall]
  
A DEDICATION.
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EXPERIMENTS.
  
BOÄDICEA.
  
IN QUANTITY.
  
MILTON.
  
[O you chorus of indolent reviewers]
  
SPECIMEN OF A TRANSLATION OF THE ILIAD IN BLANK VERSE.
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THE WINDOW;
  
ON THE HILL.
  
AT THE WINDOW.
  
GONE.
  
WINTER.
  
SPRING.
  
THE LETTER.
  
NO ANSWER.
  
NO ANSWER.
  
THE ANSWER.
  
AY.
  
WHEN.
  
MARRIAGE MORNING.
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APPENDIX.
  
TO ---
  
HANDS ALL ROUND!
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Additional lines and fragments of verse extracted from the notes
  
[Sir Launcelot and Queen Guinevere]
  
[Ode on the Death of the Duke of Wellington]
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ENOCH ARDEN AND IN MEMORIAM
  
ENOCH ARDEN.
  
IN MEMORIAM A. H. H.
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APPENDIX.
  
SPEAK TO ME.
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THE GRAVE
  
TO A. H. H.
  
THE VICTOR HOURS
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THE PRINCESS AND MAUD
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THE PRINCESS;
  
PROLOGUE.
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[As thro' the land at eve we went]
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II.
  
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[Sweet and low, sweet and low]
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III.
  
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[The splendour falls on castle walls]
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IV.
  
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[‘O Swallow, Swallow, flying, flying South]
  
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 V. 
V.
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VI.
  
[Home they brought her warrior dead]
  
[subsection]
  
[‘Our enemies have fall'n, have fall'n: the seed]
  
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[Ask me no more: the moon may draw the sea]
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VII.
  
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[‘Now sleeps the crimson petal, now the white]
  
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[‘Come down, O maid]
  
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CONCLUSION.
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MAUD; A MONODRAMA.
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PART I.
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I.
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II.
 III. 
III.
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IV.
 V. 
V.
 VI. 
VI.
 VII. 
VII.
 VIII. 
VIII.
 IX. 
IX.
 X. 
X.
 XI. 
XI.
 XII. 
XII.
 XIII. 
XIII.
 XIV. 
XIV.
 XV. 
XV.
 XVI. 
XVI.
 XVII. 
XVII.
 XVIII. 
XVIII.
 XIX. 
XIX.
 XX. 
XX.
 XXI. 
XXI.
 XXII. 
XXII.
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PART II.
 I. 
I.
 II. 
II.
 III. 
III.
 IV. 
IV.
 V. 
V.
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 VI. 
VI.
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[The Princess; A Medley.]
  
[The Princess; A Medley.]
  
[The Princess; A Medley.]
  
[The Princess; A Medley. Canto V]
  
[The Princess; A Medley. Canto VI]
  
[The Princess; A Medley.]
  
[The Princess; A Medley.]
  
[Maud; A Monodrama.]
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IDYLLS OF THE KING
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BALLADS AND OTHER POEMS
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THE LOVER'S TALE.
  
ARGUMENT.
 I. 
I.
 II. 
II.
 III. 
III.
 IV. 
IV. THE GOLDEN SUPPER.
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BALLADS AND OTHER POEMS
  
TO ALFRED TENNYSON MY GRANDSON.
  
THE FIRST QUARREL.
  
RIZPAH.
  
THE NORTHERN COBBLER.
  
THE REVENGE.
  
THE SISTERS.
  
THE VILLAGE WIFE; OR, THE ENTAIL.
  
IN THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL.
  
DEDICATORY POEM TO THE PRINCESS ALICE.
  
THE DEFENCE OF LUCKNOW.
  
SIR JOHN OLDCASTLE, LORD COBHAM.
  
COLUMBUS.
  
THE VOYAGE OF MAELDUNE.
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DE PROFUNDIS
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THE TWO GREETINGS.
 I. 
I.
 II. 
II.
  
THE HUMAN CRY.
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PREFATORY SONNET TO THE ‘NINETEENTH CENTURY.’
  
TO THE REV. W. H. BROOKFIELD
  
MONTENEGRO.
  
TO VICTOR HUGO.
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TRANSLATIONS, ETC.
  
BATTLE OF BRUNANBURH.
  
ACHILLES OVER THE TRENCH.
  
TO PRINCESS FREDERICA ON HER MARRIAGE.
  
SIR JOHN FRANKLIN.
  
TO DANTE.
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TIRESIAS AND OTHER POEMS
  
[dedication]
  
TO E. FITZGERALD.
  
TIRESIAS.
  
THE WRECK.
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DESPAIR.
  
[preface]
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I.
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II.
 III. 
III.
 IV. 
IV.
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V.
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VI.
 VII. 
VII.
 VIII. 
VIII.
 IX. 
IX.
 X. 
X.
 XI. 
XI.
 XII. 
XII.
 XIII. 
XIII.
 XIV. 
XIV.
 XV. 
XV.
 XVI. 
XVI.
 XVII. 
XVII.
 XVIII. 
XVIII.
 XIX. 
XIX.
 XX. 
XX.
 XXI. 
XXI.
  
THE ANCIENT SAGE.
  
THE FLIGHT.
  
TOMORROW.
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THE SPINSTER'S SWEET-ARTS.
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I.
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II.
 III. 
III.
 IV. 
IV.
 V. 
V.
 VI. 
VI.
 VII. 
VII.
 VIII. 
VIII.
 IX. 
IX.
 X. 
X.
 XI. 
XI.
 XII. 
XII.
 XIII. 
XIII.
 XIV. 
XIV.
 XV. 
XV.
 XVI. 
XVI.
 XVII. 
XVII.
 XVIII. 
XVIII.
  
LOCKSLEY HALL SIXTY YEARS AFTER.
  
PROLOGUE TO GENERAL HAMLEY.
  
THE CHARGE OF THE HEAVY BRIGADE AT BALACLAVA.
  
EPILOGUE.
  
TO VIRGIL.
  
THE DEAD PROPHET
  
EARLY SPRING.
  
PREFATORY POEM TO MY BROTHER'S SONNETS.
  
‘FRATER AVE ATQUE VALE.’
  
HELEN'S TOWER.
  
EPITAPH ON LORD STRATFORD DE REDCLIFFE.
  
EPITAPH ON GENERAL GORDON.
  
EPITAPH ON CAXTON.
  
TO THE DUKE OF ARGYLL.
  
HANDS ALL ROUND.
  
FREEDOM.
  
TO H.R.H. PRINCESS BEATRICE.
  
THE FLEET.
  
OPENING OF THE INDIAN AND COLONIAL EXHIBITION BY THE QUEEN.
  
POETS AND THEIR BIBLIOGRAPHIES.
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THE MYSTIC
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DEMETER AND OTHER POEMS
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DEMETER AND OTHER POEMS
  
TO THE MARQUIS OF DUFFERIN AND AVA.
  
ON THE JUBILEE OF QUEEN VICTORIA
  
TO PROFESSOR JEBB,
  
DEMETER AND PERSEPHONE.
  
OWD ROÄ.
  
VASTNESS.
  
THE RING.
  
FORLORN.
  
HAPPY.
  
TO W. C. MACREADY.
  
TO ULYSSES.
  
TO MARY BOYLE.
  
THE PROGRESS OF SPRING.
  
MERLIN AND THE GLEAM.
  
ROMNEY'S REMORSE.
  
PARNASSUS.
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BY AN EVOLUTIONIST.
  
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Old Age.
  
FAR—FAR—AWAY.
  
POLITICS.
  
BEAUTIFUL CITY.
  
THE ROSES ON THE TERRACE.
  
THE PLAY.
  
ON ONE WHO AFFECTED AN EFFEMINATE MANNER.
  
TO ONE WHO RAN DOWN THE ENGLISH.
  
THE SNOWDROP.
  
THE THROSTLE
  
THE OAK.
  
IN MEMORIAM.
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THE DEATH OF ŒNONE, AKBAR'S DREAM, AND OTHER POEMS
  
JUNE BRACKEN AND HEATHER.
  
TO THE MASTER OF BALLIOL.
  
THE DEATH OF ŒNONE.
  
ST. TELEMACHUS.
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AKBAR'S DREAM.
  
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Hymn.
  
TO SIR WALTER SCOTT.
  
THE BANDIT'S DEATH.
  
THE CHURCH-WARDEN AND THE CURATE.
  
CHARITY.
  
KAPIOLANI.
  
THE DAWN.
  
THE MAKING OF MAN.
  
THE DREAMER.
  
MECHANOPHILUS.
  
RIFLEMEN FORM!
  
THE TOURNEY.
  
THE WANDERER.
  
POETS AND CRITICS.
  
A VOICE SPAKE OUT OF THE SKIES.
  
DOUBT AND PRAYER.
  
FAITH.
  
THE SILENT VOICES.
  
GOD AND THE UNIVERSE.
  
THE DEATH OF THE DUKE OF CLARENCE AND AVONDALE.
  
CROSSING THE BAR.
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THE CUP
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ACT I.
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Scene I.
 II. 
Scene II.
 III. 
Scene III.
 II. 
ACT II.
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THE PROMISE OF MAY
 I. 
ACT I.
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ACT II.
 III. 
ACT III.
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APPENDIX.
  
RETICENCE.
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THE ROSEBUD
  
TO THE VICAR OF SHIPLAKE
  
THE BRIDAL
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QUEEN MARY AND HAROLD
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QUEEN MARY:
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QUEEN MARY.
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ACT I.
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SCENE I.
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SCENE II.
 III. 
SCENE III.
 IV. 
SCENE IV.
 V. 
SCENE V.
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ACT II.
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SCENE I.
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SCENE II.
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SCENE III.
 IV. 
SCENE IV.
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ACT III.
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SCENE I.
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SCENE II.
 III. 
SCENE III.
 IV. 
SCENE IV.
 V. 
SCENE V.
 VI. 
SCENE VI.
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ACT IV.
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SCENE I.
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SCENE II.
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SCENE III.
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ACT V.
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SCENE I.
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SCENE II.
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SCENE III.
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SCENE IV.
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SCENE V.
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HAROLD:
  
[dedication]
  
SHOW-DAY AT BATTLE ABBEY, 1876.
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HAROLD: A DRAMA
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HAROLD.
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SCENE I.
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SCENE II.
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ACT II.
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SCENE I.
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SCENE II.
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ACT III.
 I. 
SCENE I.
 II. 
SCENE II.
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ACT IV.
 I. 
SCENE I.
 II. 
SCENE II.
 III. 
SCENE III.
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ACT V.
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SCENE I.
 II. 
SCENE II.
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BECKET AND OTHER PLAYS
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BECKET.
  
PROLOGUE.
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ACT I.
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Scene I.
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Scene II.
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Scene III.
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Scene IV.
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ACT II.
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Scene I.
 II. 
Scene II.
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ACT III.
 I. 
Scene I.
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Scene II.
 III. 
Scene III.
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ACT IV.
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Scene I.
 II. 
Scene II.
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ACT V
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Scene I.
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Scene II.
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Scene III.
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THE FALCON
  
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THE FORESTERS
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ACT I
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Scene I.
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Scene II.
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Scene III.
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ACT II THE FLIGHT OF MARIAN
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Scene I.
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Scene II.
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ACT III THE CROWNING OF MARIAN
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Scene I.
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ACT IV THE CONCLUSION
  
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APPENDIX.
  
UNPUBLISHED SONNET.

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III.

I came one day and sat among the stones
Strewn in the entry of the moaning cave;
A morning air, sweet after rain, ran over
The rippling levels of the lake, and blew
Coolness and moisture and all smells of bud
And foliage from the dark and dripping woods
Upon my fever'd brows that shook and throbb'd
From temple unto temple. To what height
The day had grown I know not. Then came on me
The hollow tolling of the bell, and all
The vision of the bier. As heretofore
I walk'd behind with one who veil'd his brow
Methought by slow degrees the sullen bell
Toll'd quicker, and the breakers on the shore
Sloped into louder surf: those that went with me,
And those that held the bier before my face,
Moved with one spirit round about the bay,
Trod swifter steps; and while I walk'd with these
In marvel at that gradual change, I thought
Four bells instead of one began to ring,
Four merry bells, four merry marriage-bells,
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In clanging cadence jangling peal on peal—
A long loud clash of rapid marriage-bells.
Then those who led the van, and those in rear,
Rush'd into dance, and like wild Bacchanals
Fled onward to the steeple in the woods:
I, too, was borne along and felt the blast
Beat on my heated eyelids: all at once
The front rank made a sudden halt; the bells
Lapsed into frightful stillness; the surge fell
From thunder into whispers; those six maids
With shrieks and ringing laughter on the sand
Threw down the bier; the woods upon the hill
Waved with a sudden gust that sweeping down
Took the edges of the pall, and blew it far
Until it hung, a little silver cloud
Over the sounding seas: I turn'd: my heart
Shrank in me, like a snowflake in the hand,
Waiting to see the settled countenance
Of her I loved, adorn'd with fading flowers.
But she from out her death-like chrysalis,
She from her bier, as into fresher life,
My sister, and my cousin, and my love,
Leapt lightly clad in bridal white—her hair
Studded with one rich Provence rose—a light
Of smiling welcome round her lips—her eyes
And cheeks as bright as when she climb'd the hill
One hand she reach'd to those that came behind,
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And while I mused nor yet endured to take
So rich a prize, the man who stood with me
Stept gaily forward, throwing down his robes,
And claspt her hand in his: again the bells
Jangled and clang'd: again the stormy surf
Crash'd in the shingle: and the whirling rout
Led by those two rush'd into dance, and fled
Wind-footed to the steeple in the woods,
Till they were swallow'd in the leafy bowers,
And I stood sole beside the vacant bier.
There, there, my latest vision—then the event!
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