Evidence: | W. M. Thackeray to Alfred Tennyson, [September-] October [1859]:
'I owe you a letter of happiness and thanks. Sir, about three weeks ago, when I was ill in bed, I read the "Idylls of the King," and I thought, "Oh I must write to him now, for this pleasure, this delight, ths splendour of happiness which I have been enjoying." But I should have blotted the sheets, 'tis ill writing on one's back. The letter full of gratitude never went as far as the post-office and how comes it now?
'D'abord, a bottle of claret [...] Then afterwards sitting here, an old magazine, Fraser's Magazine, 1850, and I come on a poem out of "The Princess" which says "I hear the horns of Elfland blowing blowing," no its "the horns of Elfland faintly blowing" [...] and reading the lines, which only one man in the world could write, I thought about the other horns of Elfland blowing in full strength, and Arthur in gold armour, and Guinevere in gold hair [...] You have made me as happy as I was when a child with the Arabian Nights [...] I have had out of that dear book the greatest delight that has ever come to me since I was a young man; to write and think about it makes me almost young'. |
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Century: | 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 1 Sep 1859 and 31 Oct 1859 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | city: Folkestone other location: Hotel |
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Reader: | William Makepeace Thackeray |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | 1811 |
Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
Occupation: | Writer |
Religion: | n/a |
Country of origin: | India |
Country of experience: | England |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | Alfred Tennyson |
Title: | 'The splendour falls...' |
Genre: | Poetry |
Form of Text: | Print: Serial / periodical |
Publication details: | In Fraser's Magazine (1850) |
Provenance: | read in situ |
Record ID: | 22003 | |
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: | 1 | |
Page: | 444-445 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Hallam Tennyson, Alfred Lord Tennyson: A Memoir by his Son (London, 1897), 1, p. 444-445, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=22003, accessed: 29 March 2024 |
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