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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]
  
[subsection]
  
[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.
 IV. 
IV.
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V.
 VI. 
VI.
 VII. 
VII.
 VIII. 
VIII.
 IX. 
IX.
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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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PART III.
 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.
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III.
 IV. 
IV.
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V.
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VI.
 VII. 
VII.
 VIII. 
VIII.
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IX.
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X.
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XI.
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XII.
 XIII. 
XIII.
 XIV. 
XIV.
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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.
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Scene II.
 III. 
Scene III.
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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.
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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.
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SCENE III.
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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.
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SCENE I.
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SCENE II.
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ACT IV.
 I. 
SCENE I.
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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.
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Scene II.
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ACT III.
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Scene I.
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Scene II.
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Scene III.
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ACT IV.
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Scene I.
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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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THE DEATH OF THE OLD YEAR.

Full knee-deep lies the winter snow,
And the winter winds are wearily sighing:
Toll ye the church-bell sad and slow,
And tread softly and speak low,
For the old year lies a-dying.
Old year, you must not die;
You came to us so readily,
You lived with us so steadily,
Old year, you shall not die.
He lieth still: he doth not move:
He will not see the dawn of day.
He hath no other life above.
He gave me a friend, and a true true-love,
And the New-year will take 'em away.
Old year, you must not go;
So long as you have been with us,
Such joy as you have seen with us,
Old year, you shall not go.
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He froth'd his bumpers to the brim;
A jollier year we shall not see.
But tho' his eyes are waxing dim,
And tho' his foes speak ill of him,
He was a friend to me.
Old year, you shall not die;
We did so laugh and cry with you,
I've half a mind to die with you,
Old year, if you must die.
He was full of joke and jest,
But all his merry quips are o'er.
To see him die, across the waste
His son and heir doth ride post-haste,
But he'll be dead before.
Every one for his own.
The night is starry and cold, my friend,
And the New-year blithe and bold, my friend,
Comes up to take his own.
How hard he breathes! over the snow
I heard just now the crowing cock.
The shadows flicker to and fro:
The cricket chirps: the light burns low:
'Tis nearly twelve o'clock.
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Shake hands, before you die.
Old year, we'll dearly rue for you:

mourn for you. Cf. intransitive use of “rue”:

“Nought shall make us rue.”
King John, v. vii. 117.


What is it we can do for you?
Speak out before you die.
His face is growing sharp and thin.
Alack! our friend is gone.
Close up his eyes: tie up his chin:
Step from the corpse, and let him in
That standeth there alone,
And waiteth at the door.
There's a new foot on the floor, my friend,
And a new face at the door, my friend,
A new face at the door.
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