A list of works by Tennyson follows:[50][51]
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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)
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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)
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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
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- "The Lotos-Eaters"
- "Oenone"
- "The Palace of Art"
- "St. Simeon Stylites" (1833)
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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]
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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)
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- "Locksley Hall"
- "Sir Galahad" (written September 1834)
- "The Two Voices" (written 1833–1834)
- "Ulysses" (1833)
- "The Vision of Sin"
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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"
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In Memoriam (1850),[58] which includes the following poem:
- "Ring Out, Wild Bells" (1850)
- "The Eagle" (1851)
- "The Sister's Shame"[59]
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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
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Idylls of the King (1859–1885; composed 1833–1874)
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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
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The Holy Grail and Other Poems (1870), in which the following poem was published:
- "Flower in the Crannied Wall" (1869)
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The Window; or, The Songs of the Wrens (written 1867–1870; published 1871) – a song cycle with music composed by Arthur Sullivan
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Queen Mary: A Drama (1875)[60] – a play about Mary I of England
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Harold: A Drama (1877)[61] – a play about Harold II of England
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Montenegro (1877)
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The Revenge: A Ballad of the Fleet (1878) – about the ship Revenge
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Ballads and Other Poems (1880)[62]
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Becket (1884)[63]
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Crossing the Bar (1889)
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The Foresters (1891) – a play about Robin Hood with incidental music by Arthur Sullivan
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Kapiolani (published after his death by Hallam Tennyson)[64]