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The Eagle" was inspired by Tennyson's frequent travels to the Pyrenees. He frequently saw eagles, raptors, and other birds of prey circling above him in this area. In the poem, Tennyson opted to create an imaginary setting of cliffs by the sea, instead of the mountainside. Tennyson is known for his imagery and transcendental vantage points. [5]
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Poems, by Alfred Tennyson, was a two-volume 1842 collection in which new poems and reworked older ones were printed in separate volumes.It includes some of Tennyson's finest and best-loved poems, [1] [2] such as Mariana, The Lady of Shalott, The Palace of Art, The Lotos Eaters, Ulysses, Locksley Hall, The Two Voices, Sir Galahad, and Break, Break, Break.
The poem was inspired by Charlotte Rosa Baring, younger daughter of William Baring (1779–1820) and Frances Poulett-Thomson (d. 1877). Frances Baring married, secondly, Arthur Eden (1793–1874), Assistant-Comptroller of the Exchequer, and they lived at Harrington Hall, Spilsby, Lincolnshire, which is the garden of the poem (also referred to as "the Eden where she dwelt" in Tennyson's poem ...
The volume had the following title-page: Poems, Chiefly Lyrical, by Alfred Tennyson. London: Effingham Wilson, Royal Exchange, 1830. [ 3 ] Favourable reviews appeared by Sir John Bowring in the Westminster , by Leigh Hunt in the Tatler , and by Arthur Hallam in the Englishman's Magazine .
St. Agnes' Eve (Tennyson) at Wikisource Pen and ink drawing by Elizabeth Siddal , inscribed "By Lizzie R / Tennyson's St Agnes Eve" on the reverse of the mount ( c. 1855 ) "St. Agnes" is a poem by Alfred Tennyson , first published in 1837, revised in 1842, and retitled "St. Agnes' Eve" in 1857.
Image by W. E. F. Britten, for a 1901 scholarly edition of Tennyson's early works. "St Simeon Stylites" is a poem written by Alfred Tennyson in 1833 and published in his 1842 collection of poetry.
Grave of Frederick Tennyson in Highgate Cemetery. Frederick Tennyson was the eldest son of George Clayton Tennyson, Rector of Somersby, Lincolnshire, and brother of Alfred, Lord Tennyson. He was educated at Eton College (where, as a skilled cricketer, he was Captain of the Oppidans) and, from 1827, St John's College, Cambridge.