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Idylls of the King and a New Selection of Poems
Idylls of the King and a New Selection of Poems: 150th Anniversary Edition | Alfred Tennyson
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Alfred, Lord Tennyson evokes past and present, seeking to reconcile the Victorian zeal for public progress with private despair. Full of eloquence, epic grandeur, and myth, his haunting, rhapsodic poems still cast their lyrical spell today.
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llwheeler
Idylls of the King and a Selection of Poems | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson, Alfred Lord Tennyson
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Getting #20in4 started with my morning poetry.

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GingerAntics
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Mehso-so

I think it‘s another swing and a miss on the poetry front.
Maybe it‘s just quarantine and craziness that‘s making me so lukewarm toward this, but I just can‘t get into it. It seems every time I start getting into it, there is some preachy, Judeo-Christian moral or “god sanctioned this” that just pulls me out of it. I love King Arthur, but I really wasn‘t impressed with this.
#AlfredLordTennyson #IdyllsOfTheKing #poetry #KingArthur

GingerAntics I‘m just not a fan of really long, rambling poetry. 4y
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GingerAntics
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This one was kind of fun. I liked the imagery in it.
#AlfredLordTennyson #IdyllsOfTheKing #poetry #TheKraken

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GingerAntics
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GingerAntics
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I don‘t know why, but I liked the imagery in this bit.
#AlfredLordTennyson #IdyllsOfTheKing #poetry #KingArthur

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GingerAntics
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It‘s hard to get a hold on poetry when it‘s 16+ pages long.
#AlfredLordTennyson #IdyllsOfTheKing #poetry #KingArthur

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GingerAntics
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Taking this beautiful volume for a spin next. Hopefully Lord Tennyson will give me a lovely distraction from the insanity that is the world right now.
#AlfredLordTennyson #IdyllsOfTheKing #poetry #KingArthur #escapingcovid19

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Jono
Idylls of the King and a Selection of Poems | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson, Alfred Lord Tennyson
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The Two Voices

...Again the voice spake unto me:
"Thou art so steep'd in misery,
Surely 't were better not to be.

"Thine anguish will not let the sleep,
Nor any train of reason keep;
Thou canst not think, but thou wilt weep."

I said, "the years with change advance;
If I make dark my countenance,
I shut my life from happier chance....