THE

POETRY OF TENNYSON

BY

HENRY VAN DYKE

NEW YORK

CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS

1889

The Riverside Press, Cambridge, U. S. A.
Electrotyped and Printed by H. O. Houghton & Company.

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A Poung Woman

OF AN OLD FASHION

WHO LOVES ART

NOT FOR ITS OWN SAKE

BUT BECAUSE IT ENNOBLES LIFE

WHO READS POETRY

NOT TO KILL TIME

BUT TO FILL IT WITH BEAUTIFUL THOUGHTS

AND WHO STILL BELIEVES

IN GOD AND DUTY AND IMMORTAL LOVE

I dedicate

THIS BOOK