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taining, among other pieces, "Claribel," "Mariana," "The 

 Deserted House, " and " The Sleeping Beauty " ; the last of these 

 was afterwards expanded. In the same year Tennyson and his 

 friend Arthur Hallam made an expedition into Spain, carry- 

 ing money and letters written in invisible ink to some Spanish 

 rebels, with whom they were in sympathy. In 1832 another 

 volume was published, made up, like its predecessor, of short 

 poems, among which were "The Lady of Shalott," "The Mil- 

 ler's Daughter," "(Enone," "The May Queen," and "The Lotos- 

 Eaters." By these pieces Tennyson established his position as 

 a poet. Indeed, he hardly rose higher in lyric sweetness at any 

 later time than he did in the exquisite songs " It is the miller's 

 daughter," and "Love that hath us in the net." 



On the loth of September, 1833, Arthur Hallam died at 

 Vienna. The grief of the poet for the loss of his friend was 

 very great, and was aggravated by the fact that Hallam was to 

 have married Tennyson's sister. Such sorrows might be thought 

 too sacred to be laid open to the world by any biographer; and 

 Tennyson has pronounced 



" Shakespeare's curse on clown and knave 

 Who will not let his ashes rest ! ' ' 



But he has himself chosen to impart to the public a share in 

 this grief; he has embalmed it in noble verse; and his verse, 

 unlike his ashes, is the property of the world. At the time of 

 its occurrence the blow seems to have stunned him. For nearly 

 nine years he published little ; only a few pieces in fugitive 

 publications. In 1842, however, a new edition of his poems 

 appeared in two volumes, including all those poems in the pre- 

 vious editions which he cared to retain, and adding many new 

 ones, among which were "Locksley Hall," "St. Simeon Stylites," 

 "Lady Clare," "The Two Voices," "The Lord of Burleigh," 

 "Sir Galahad," and "Break, break, break." 



Five years later came "The Princess," but without its lyrics, 

 which were published with the third edition of the poem in 

 1850. This latter year was one of great importance in Tenny- 

 son's life. It is marked by the publication of "In Memoriam," 

 by his marriage, and by his appointment as poet laureate. The 

 fine " Ode on the Death of the Duke of Wellington " appeared in 

 1852, to be followed, in 1854, by "The Charge of the Light 

 Brigade," a thousand copies of which were printed on a broad- 



