Evidence: | From Frederick Locker-Lampson's recollections of Tennyson:
'I have an old commonplace book, into which [...] I had copied an epigram by Thomas Hood. It runs as follows:
'"A joke. 'What is a modern poet's fate?
To write his thoughts upon a slate;
The critic spits on what is done,
[italics]Gives it a wipe[end italics] -- and all is gone.'
"'T. HOOD."
'This quatrain amused Tennyson, and he said: "It is a good joke, and now I'll write you a grave [italics]truth[end italics]." Which he did as follows, adding the words "a joke" by the side of Hood's lines.
'[quotes] A truth. While I live, the owls!
When I die, the GHOULS!!!' |
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Century: | 1800-1849, 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reader: | Alfred Tennyson |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | 6 Aug 1809 |
Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
Occupation: | Writer |
Religion: | n/a |
Country of origin: | England |
Country of experience: | n/a |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | Thomas Hood |
Title: | epigram |
Genre: | Poetry |
Form of Text: | Manuscript: Unknown, In hand of Frederick Locker-Lampson, in commonplace book belonging to him. |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 22639 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | Hallam Tennyson | |
Editor: | n/a | |
Title: | Alfred Lord Tennyson: A Memoir by His Son | |
Place of Publication: | London | |
Date of Publication: | 1897 | |
Vol: | 2 | |
Page: | 74 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Hallam Tennyson, Alfred Lord Tennyson: A Memoir by His Son (London, 1897), 2, p. 74, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=22639, accessed: 28 March 2024 |
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