Tennyson's Poems

Works

A list of works by Tennyson follows:[50][51]

  • Poems by Two Brothers (published 1826; dated 1827 on title page; written with Charles Tennyson)
  • "Timbuctoo" (for which he won chancellor's gold medal and was printed in Prolusiones Academicæ)
  • Poems, Chiefly Lyrical (1830), in which the following poems were published:
  • "No More", '"Anacreontics" and "A Fragment" contributed to The Gem: A Literary Annual (1831)
  • "Sonnet" (Check every outflash, every ruder sally) in The Englishman's Magazine (August, 1831) and later reprinted in Friendship's Offering (1833)
  • Poems (published 1832, but dated 1833 on title page),[52] in which the following poems were published:
  • "A Dream of Fair Women"
  • "The Lady of Shalott" – the poem's subject was depicted in three paintings (1888, 1894, and 1916) by John William Waterhouse
  • "The Lotos-Eaters"
  • "Oenone"
  • "The Palace of Art"
  • "St. Simeon Stylites" (1833)
  • The Lover's Tale (Two parts published in 1833;[53] Tennyson suppressed it immediately after publication as he felt it was imperfect. A revised version comprising three parts was subsequently published in 1879 together with "The Golden Supper" as a fourth part.)[54]
  • "Rosalinde" (1833; suppressed until 1884)[55]
  • Poems (1842; with numerous subsequent editions including the 4th edition (1846) and 8th edition (1853));[56] the collection included many of the poems published in the 1833 anthology (some in revised form), and the following:
  • "'Break, Break, Break'"
  • "The Day-Dream"
  • "A Dream of Fair Women"
  • "Godiva"
  • "Lady Clara Vere de Vere" (1832)
  • "Locksley Hall"
  • "Sir Galahad" (written September 1834)
  • "The Two Voices" (written 1833–1834)
  • "Ulysses" (1833)
  • "The Vision of Sin"
  • The Princess: A Medley (1847),[57] which includes the following poems:
    • "Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal" – later appeared as a song in the film Vanity Fair (2004), with musical arrangement by Mychael Danna
    • "Tears, Idle Tears"
  • In Memoriam (1850),[58] which includes the following poem:
    • "Ring Out, Wild Bells" (1850)
  • "The Eagle" (1851)
  • "The Sister's Shame"[59]
  • Maud, and Other Poems (1855), in which the following poems were published:
    • "Maud"
    • "The Charge of the Light Brigade" (1854) – an early recording exists of Tennyson reading this
  • Idylls of the King (1859–1885; composed 1833–1874)
  • Enoch Arden and Other Poems (1862/1864), in which the following poems were published:
    • "Enoch Arden"
    • "Tithonus"
    • Ode for the Opening of the Exhibition (1862) with music composed by William Sterndale Bennett
  • The Holy Grail and Other Poems (1870), in which the following poem was published:
    • "Flower in the Crannied Wall" (1869)
  • The Window; or, The Songs of the Wrens (written 1867–1870; published 1871) – a song cycle with music composed by Arthur Sullivan
  • Queen Mary: A Drama (1875)[60] – a play about Mary I of England
  • Harold: A Drama (1877)[61] – a play about Harold II of England
  • Montenegro (1877)
  • The Revenge: A Ballad of the Fleet (1878) – about the ship Revenge
  • Ballads and Other Poems (1880)[62]
  • Becket (1884)[63]
  • Crossing the Bar (1889)
  • The Foresters (1891) – a play about Robin Hood with incidental music by Arthur Sullivan
  • Kapiolani (published after his death by Hallam Tennyson)[64]

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