The Works of Alfred Lord Tennyson

It is a very good effort !! As you Already know, Tennyson is a national treasure for England. This book enclose all the beauty of his poetry !! Together with, Milton and Blake, they are, three of the most unrivaled geniuses of English poetry, of all times !! I strongly recommend it to anyone, who loves English poetry and literature !!

The reason we still go to Keats, and Yeats, and Tennyson, and Wordsworth is the power of the words and the way it opens the mind to see life in spectrums of beauty and melancholy. If you are approaching poetry for the first time and are unsure where to go. This volume is a very strong start.

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Have read it multiple times and it’s great every time. Author encourages to think and see different perspectives. Book arrived undamaged, and well packaged. Happy with my purchase.

This is a beautifully designed tome of the author's work. Throughout my life, I'd always heard of Mr. Tennyson's poetry, but, had never rad it. Now that I am attempting to read all of the classics, I had to purchase this book. I'm sorry that I took so long to read it. His prose has a dark, brooding sensuality that, unlike much of today's "art", is never vulgar. I appreciate that. The book arrived exactly when the sender said that it would, and it arrived in the condition in which it was described. I'm very happy with my purchase.

Lovely collection of Tennyson's work but was disappointed that it was missing Love and Sorrow. O MAIDEN, fresher than the first green leaf With which the fearful springtide flecks the lea, Weep not, Almeida, that I said to thee That thou hast half my heart, for bitter grief Doth hold the other half in sovranty. Thou art my heart’s sun in love’s crystalline: Yet on both sides at once thou canst not shine: Thine is the bright side of my heart, and thine My heart’s day, but the shadow of my heart, Issue of its own substance, my heart’s night Thou canst not lighten even with thy light, All powerful in beauty as thou art. Almeida, if my heart were substanceless, Then might thy rays pass thro’ to the other side, So swiftly, that they nowhere would abide, But lose themselves in utter emptiness. Half-light, half-shadow, let my spirit sleep They never learnt to love who never knew to weep. - Alfred Tennyson

Of Tennyson's poems, In Memoriam A. H. H. and Maud stand out as personal favourites. In these poems he evokes a gentle blend of melancholy, connectedness with the land and countryside, and a tangible sense of the eternity of life and nature and ones personal destiny within these. His poems are mesmerizing, his rhythmic language and masterful blending of words draws a reader in, and has a hypnotic effect. He isn't trite, clumsy, or contrived. His subjects share the spirit of the Pre-Raphaelite painter's subjects, they are often brooding, forlorn, existing an empty, melancholic, roaming life in a garden of Eden. To the reader, his subjects are real, full and beautiful and are at once human and metaphysical.

I purchased this to compare the prints he used with his poetry for a reference project. Unfortunately, copies of the prints used and tied to his original poems were not in the book. But quality of the book was fine.

フランス語の教科書に、「イギリスでは１９世紀に書いていた詩を、フランスでは１７世紀に書いていた。」と言う、文章が、有ったが、こんな、バカバカしい話は、無い。 英国の詩人としては、１９世紀の詩人である、テニスンで、均整の取れた、バランスである。 その、ステキな詩歌は、是非、朗読する事で、吟味し、味わっていただきたい。 ６６０ページのボリュームが、有ります。充溢の、一冊。

Beautiful poetry to read and read again.

THX everything ok! fast sending, book like promised in the description! no complaints. . . . . . . .

Does not include the poetry from the 1827 "Poems by Two Brothers" (in reality three!), neither are there any of the plays included which is a great pity. Still for under 5 euro certainly worth having. Print and font easy on the eye, good format. Tennyson is much neglected, and despite being very uneven, when he shines he is truly excellent. I hope more people can be introduced to him through this inexpensive edition and read his poetry rather than simply accept the myth of him being a boring old Victorian fogey - if you want moody introspection, insanity, death, blood and morbidity, forget the usual Romantic suspects you've been told to read and instead go to Tennyson's "Maud"!

Considering the comprehensive collection of Tennyson’s works. This publication is extremely good value for money