]
[Footnote 13: One wonders Tennyson could have had the heart to excise the
beautiful couplet which in his MS.
[Footnote 13: One wonders Tennyson could have had the heart to excise the
beautiful couplet which in his MS.
Tennyson
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About midnight we were suddenly roused by the
roar of a lion close to our tents. It was so loud and tremendous that
for the moment I actually thought that a thunderstorm had burst upon
us. . . . We roused up the half-extinguished fire to a roaring blaze . . .
this unwonted display probably daunted our grim visitor, for he gave
us no further trouble that night. "]
[Footnote 12: With this 'cf'. Leopardi, 'Aspasia', 53-60:--
Non cape in quelle
Anguste fronti ugual concetto. E male
Al vivo sfolgora di quegli sguardi
Spera l'uomo ingannato, e mal chiede
Sensi profondi, sconosciuti, e molto
Piu che virili, in chi dell' uomo al tutto
Da natura e minor. Che se piu molli
E piu tenui le membra, essa la mente
Men capace e men forte anco riceve.
]
[Footnote 13: One wonders Tennyson could have had the heart to excise the
beautiful couplet which in his MS. followed this stanza.
All about a summer ocean, leagues on leagues of golden calm,
And within melodious waters rolling round the knolls of palm. ]
[Footnote 14: 1842 and all up to and inclusive of 1850. Droops the
trailer. This is one of Tennyson's many felicitous corrections. In the
monotonous, motionless splendour of a tropical landscape the smallest
movement catches the eye, the flight of a bird, the gentle waving of the
trailer stirred by the breeze from the sea. ]
[Footnote 15: 'Cf'. Shakespeare, "foreheads villainously low". ]
[Footnote 16: 1842. Peoples spin. ]
[Footnote 17: Tennyson tells us that when he travelled by the first train
from Liverpool to Manchester in 1830 it was night and he thought that
the wheels ran in a groove, hence this line. ]
[Footnote 18: 1842. The world. ]
[Footnote 19: Cathay, the old name for China. ]
[Footnote 20: 'Cf'.
roar of a lion close to our tents. It was so loud and tremendous that
for the moment I actually thought that a thunderstorm had burst upon
us. . . . We roused up the half-extinguished fire to a roaring blaze . . .
this unwonted display probably daunted our grim visitor, for he gave
us no further trouble that night. "]
[Footnote 12: With this 'cf'. Leopardi, 'Aspasia', 53-60:--
Non cape in quelle
Anguste fronti ugual concetto. E male
Al vivo sfolgora di quegli sguardi
Spera l'uomo ingannato, e mal chiede
Sensi profondi, sconosciuti, e molto
Piu che virili, in chi dell' uomo al tutto
Da natura e minor. Che se piu molli
E piu tenui le membra, essa la mente
Men capace e men forte anco riceve.
]
[Footnote 13: One wonders Tennyson could have had the heart to excise the
beautiful couplet which in his MS. followed this stanza.
All about a summer ocean, leagues on leagues of golden calm,
And within melodious waters rolling round the knolls of palm. ]
[Footnote 14: 1842 and all up to and inclusive of 1850. Droops the
trailer. This is one of Tennyson's many felicitous corrections. In the
monotonous, motionless splendour of a tropical landscape the smallest
movement catches the eye, the flight of a bird, the gentle waving of the
trailer stirred by the breeze from the sea. ]
[Footnote 15: 'Cf'. Shakespeare, "foreheads villainously low". ]
[Footnote 16: 1842. Peoples spin. ]
[Footnote 17: Tennyson tells us that when he travelled by the first train
from Liverpool to Manchester in 1830 it was night and he thought that
the wheels ran in a groove, hence this line. ]
[Footnote 18: 1842. The world. ]
[Footnote 19: Cathay, the old name for China. ]
[Footnote 20: 'Cf'.
