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"Enoch Arden" is a narrative poem published in 1864 by Alfred, Lord Tennyson, during his tenure as England''s Poet Laureate. The story on which it was based was provided to Tennyson by Thomas Woolner.

Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson, (Aug. 1809 - Oct. 1892) was Poet Laureate of Great Britain and Ireland during much of Queen Victoria''s reign and remains one of the most popular British poets

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Reprint of the original, first published in 1877.

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1879 Excerpt: ...Hold you here, root and all, in my hand, Little flower--but if I could understand What you are, root and all, and all in all, I should know what God and man is. LITERARY" SQUABBLES. Ah God! the petty fools of rhyme That shriek and sweat in pigmy wars Before the stony face of Time, And look''d at by the silent stars: Who hate each other for a song, And do their little best to bite And pinch their brethren in the throng, And scratch the very dead for spite: And strain to make an inch of room For their sweet selves, and cannothear The sullen Lethe rolling doom On them and theirs and all things here: Whdn one small touch of Charity Could lift them nearer God-like state Than if the crowded Orb should cry Like those who cried Diana great: And I too, talk, and lose the touch I talk of. Surely, after all, The noblest answer unto such Is perfect stillness when they brawls DEDICATION. These to His Memory--since he held them dear, Perchance as finding there unconsciously Some image of himself--I dedicate, I dedicate, I consecrate with tea"re--These Idylls. And indeed He seems to me Scarce other than my own ideal knight, "Who reverenced his conscience as his king; Whose glory was, redressing human wrong; Who spake no slander, no, nor listen''d to it; Who loved one only and who clave to her--" Her--over all whose realms to their last isle, Commingled with the gloom of imminent war, The shadow of His loss drew like eclipse. Darkening the world. We have lost him: he is gone: We know him now: all narrow jealousies Are silent: and we see him as he moved, How modest, kindly, all-accoInplishsd, wise, With what sublime repression of himself. And in what limits, and how tenderly; INot swaying to this faction or to that; Not making his high place the lawless pe...

Hardcover reprint of the original 1912 edition - beautifully bound in brown cloth covers featuring titles stamped in gold, 8vo - 6x9. No adjustments have been made to the original text, giving readers the full antiquarian experience. For quality purposes, all text and images are printed as black and white. This item is printed on demand. Book Information: Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron. Morte D''Arthur, A Poem. Written Out And Illuminated By Alberto Sangorski. Reproduced By The Graphic Engraving Co. For Chatto & Windus. Indiana: Repressed Publishing LLC, 2012. Original Publishing: Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron. Morte D''Arthur, A Poem. Written Out And Illuminated By Alberto Sangorski. Reproduced By The Graphic Engraving Co. For Chatto & Windus, . London Reproduced By The Graphic Engraving Co. For Chatto & Windus, 1912.

Copy signed by both editors.

This historical work is an early edition of Alfred Tennyson''s first Arthurian poem and is decorated by the talented illustrator Howard Pyle.