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PALGRAVEMACMILLAN AND CO., LimitedALFRED TENNYSONPREFACEIntroductory materialI SPRINGII THE FAIRY LIFEIIIIV SUMMONS TO LOVEV TIME AND LOVEVIVII THE PASSIONATE SHEPHERD TO HIS LOVEVIII OMNIA VINCITIX A MADRIGALXXIXII PRESENT IN ABSENCEXIII VIA AMORISXIV ABSENCEXVXVI A CONSOLATIONXVII THE UNCHANGEABLEXVIIIXIX ROSALINEXX COLINXXI A PICTUREXXII A SONG FOR MUSICXXIII TO HIS LOVEXXIV TO HIS LOVEXXV BASIAXXVI ADVICE TO A GIRLXXVII LOVE'S PERJURIESXXVIII A SUPPLICATIONXXIX TO AURORAXXX IN LACRIMASXXXI TRUE LOVEXXXII A DITTYXXXIII LOVE'S INSIGHTXXXIV LOVE'S OMNIPRESENCEXXXV CARPE DIEMXXXVI AN HONEST AUTOLYCUSXXXVII WINTERXXXVIIIXXXIX MEMORYXL SLEEPXLI REVOLUTIONSXLIIXLIII THE LIFE WITHOUT PASSIONXLIV THE LOVER'S APPEALXLV THE NIGHTINGALEXLVIXLVIIXLVIII FRUSTRAXLIX LOVE'S FAREWELLL IN IMAGINE PERTRANSIT HOMOLI BLIND LOVELIILIII THE UNFAITHFUL SHEPHERDESSLIV ADVICE TO A LOVERLV A RENUNCIATIONLVILVII A SWEET LULLABYLVIIILIX O CRUDELIS AMORLX SEPHESTIA'S SONG TO HER CHILDLXI A LAMENTLXII DIRGE OF LOVELXIII TO HIS LUTELXIV FIDELELXV A SEA DIRGELXVI A LAND DIRGELXVII POST MORTEMLXVIII THE TRIUMPH OF DEATHLXIX YOUNG LOVELXX A DILEMMALXXI ROSALYND'S MADRIGALLXXII CUPID AND CAMPASPELXXIIILXXIV PROTHALAMIONLXXV THE HAPPY HEARTLXXVI SIC TRANSITLXXVIILXXVIII SOUL AND BODYLXXIXLXXX THE LESSONS OF NATURELXXXILXXXII THE WORLD'S WAYLXXXIII A WISHLXXXIV SAINT JOHN BAPTISTLXXXV ODE ON THE MORNING OF CHRIST'S NATIVITYTHE HYMNLXXXVI SONG FOR ST. CECILIA'S DAY, 1687LXXXVII ON THE LATE MASSACRE IN PIEDMONTLXXXVIII HORATIAN ODE UPON CROMWELL'S RETURN FROM IRELANDLXXXIX LYCIDASXC ON THE TOMBS IN WESTMINSTER ABBEYXCI THE LAST CONQUERORXCII DEATH THE LEVELLERXCIII WHEN THE ASSAULT WAS INTENDED TO THE CITYXCIV ON HIS BLINDNESSXCV CHARACTER OF A HAPPY LIFEXCVI THE NOBLE NATUREXCVII THE GIFTS OF GODXCVIII THE RETREATXCIX TO MR. LAWRENCEC TO CYRIACK SKINNERCI A HYMN IN PRAISE OF NEPTUNECII HYMN TO DIANACIII WISHES FOR THE SUPPOSED MISTRESSCIV THE GREAT ADVENTURERCV THE PICTURE OF LITTLE T.C. IN A PROSPECT OF FLOWERSCVI CHILD AND MAIDENCVII CONSTANCYCVIII COUNSEL TO GIRLSCIX TO LUCASTA, ON GOING TO THE WARSCX ELIZABETH OF BOHEMIACXI TO THE LADY MARGARET LEYCXII THE TRUE BEAUTYCXIII TO DIANEMECXIVCXVCXVI TO CELIACXVII CHERRY-RIPECXVIII CORINNA'S MAYINGCXIX THE POETRY OF DRESSCXXCXXICXXII ON A GIRDLECXXIII A MYSTICAL ECSTASYCXXIV TO ANTHEA WHO MAY COMMAND HIM ANY THINGCXXVCXXVICXXVII TO ALTHEA FROM PRISONCXXVIII TO LUCASTA, GOING BEYOND THE SEASCXXIX ENCOURAGEMENTS TO A LOVERCXXX A SUPPLICATIONCXXXI THE MANLY HEARTCXXXII MELANCHOLYCXXXIII FORSAKENCXXXIVCXXXV FAIR HELENCXXXVI THE TWA CORBIESCXXXVII ON THE DEATH OF MR. WILLIAM HERVEYCXXXVIII FRIENDS IN PARADISECXXXIX TO BLOSSOMSCXL TO DAFFODILSCXLI THE GIRL DESCRIBES HER FAWNCXLII THOUGHTS IN A GARDENCXLIII FORTUNATI NIMIUMCXLIV L'ALLEGROCXLV IL PENSEROSOCXLVI SONG OF THE EMIGRANTS IN BERMUDACXLVII AT A SOLEMN MUSICCXLVIII NOX NOCTI INDICAT SCIENTIAM.CXLIX HYMN TO DARKNESSCL A VISIONCLI ALEXANDER'S FEAST, OR, THE POWER OF MUSICCLII ODE ON THE PLEASURE ARISING FROM VICISSITUDECLIII ODE TO SIMPLICITYCLIV SOLITUDECLV THE BLIND BOYCLVI ON A FAVOURITE CAT, DROWNED IN A TUB OF GOLD FISHESCLVII TO CHARLOTTE PULTENEYCLVIII RULE BRITANNIACLIX THE BARDCLX ODE WRITTEN IN 1746CLXI LAMENT FOR CULLODENCLXII LAMENT FOR FLODDENCLXIII THE BRAES OF YARROWCLXIV WILLY DROWNED IN YARROWCLXV LOSS OF THE ROYAL GEORGECLXVI BLACK-EYED SUSANCLXVII SALLY IN OUR ALLEYCLXVIII A FAREWELLCLXIXCLXX TO A YOUNG LADYCLXXI THE SLEEPING BEAUTYCLXXIICLXXIIICLXXIV LOVE'S SECRETCLXXVCLXXVICLXXVII THE PROGRESS OF POESYCLXXVIII THE PASSIONSCLXXIX THE SONG OF DAVIDCLXXX INFANT JOYCLXXXI A CRADLE SONGCLXXXII ODE ON THE SPRINGCLXXXIII THE POPLAR FIELDCLXXXIV TO A MOUSECLXXXV A WISHCLXXXVI ODE TO EVENINGCLXXXVII ELEGY WRITTEN IN A COUNTRY CHURCHYARDCLXXXVIII MARY MORISONCLXXXIX BONNIE LESLEYCXCCXCI HIGHLAND MARYCXCII AULD ROBIN GRAYCXCIII DUNCAN GRAYCXCIV THE SAILOR'S WIFECXCV ABSENCECXCVI JEANCXCVII JOHN ANDERSONCXCVIII THE LAND O' THE LEALCXCIX ODE ON A DISTANT PROSPECT OF ETON COLLEGECC THE SHRUBBERYCCI HYMN TO ADVERSITYCCII THE SOLITUDE OF ALEXANDER SELKIRKCCIII TO MARY UNWINCCIV TO THE SAMECCV THE CASTAWAYCCVI TOMORROWCCVIICCVIII TO THE MUSESCCIX ODE ON THE POETSCCX ON FIRST LOOKING INTO CHAPMAN'S HOMERCCXI LOVECCXII ALL FOR LOVECCXIII THE OUTLAWCCXIVCCXV THE INDIAN SERENADECCXVICCXVIICCXVIIICCXIXCCXXCCXXICCXXII THE EDUCATION OF NATURECCXXIIICCXXIV A LOST LOVECCXXV LORD ULLIN'S DAUGHTERCCXXVI LUCY GRAYCCXXVII JOCK OF HAZELDEANCCXXVIII LOVE'S PHILOSOPHYCCXXIX ECHOESCCXXX A SERENADECCXXXI TO THE EVENING STARCCXXXII TO THE NIGHTCCXXXIII TO A DISTANT FRIENDCCXXXIVCCXXXV HAPPY INSENSIBILITYCCXXXVICCXXXVII LA BELLE DAME SANS MERCICCXXXVIII THE ROVERCCXXXIX THE FLIGHT OF LOVECCXL THE MAID OF NEIDPATHCCXLICCXLIICCXLIII THE TERROR OF DEATHCCXLIV DESIDERIACCXLVCCXLVI ELEGY ON THYRZACCXLVIICCXLVIII GATHERING SONG OF DONALD THE BLACKCCXLIXCCLCCLI BATTLE OF THE BALTICCCLII ODE TO DUTYCCLIII ON THE CASTLE OF CHILLONCCLIV ENGLAND AND SWITZERLAND, 1802CCLV ON THE EXTINCTION OF THE VENETIAN REPUBLIC.CCLVI LONDON, 1802CCLVII THE SAMECCLVIIICCLIX HOHENLINDENCCLX AFTER BLENHEIMCCLXI PRO PATRIA MORICCLXII THE BURIAL OF SIR JOHN MOORE AT CORUNNACCLXIII SIMON LEE THE OLD HUNTSMANCCLXIV THE OLD FAMILIAR FACESCCLXV THE JOURNEY ONWARDSCCLXVI YOUTH AND AGECCLXVII A LESSONCCLXVIII PAST AND PRESENTCCLXIX THE LIGHT OF OTHER DAYSCCLXX STANZAS WRITTEN IN DEJECTION NEAR NAPLESCCLXXI THE SCHOLARCCLXXII THE MERMAID TAVERNCCLXXIII THE PRIDE OF YOUTHCCLXXIV THE BRIDGE OF SIGHSCCLXXV ELEGYCCLXXVI HESTERCCLXXVII TO MARYCCLXXVIII CORONACHCCLXXIX THE DEATH BEDCCLXXX AGNESCCLXXXI ROSABELLECCLXXXII ON AN INFANT DYING AS SOON AS BORNCCLXXXIII IN MEMORIAMCCLXXXIV THE AFFLICTION OF MARGARETCCLXXXV HUNTING SONGCCLXXXVI TO THE SKYLARKCCLXXXVII TO A SKYLARKCCLXXXVIII THE GREEN LINNETCCLXXXIX TO THE CUCKOOCCXC ODE TO A NIGHTINGALECCXCI UPON WESTMINSTER BRIDGE, SEPT. 3, 1802CCXCIICCXCIII OZYMANDIAS OF EGYPTCCXCIV COMPOSED AT NEIDPATH CASTLE, THE PROPERTY OF LORD QUEENSBERRY, 1803CCXCV THE BEECH TREE'S PETITIONCCXCVI ADMONITION TO A TRAVELLERCCXCVII TO THE HIGHLAND GIRL OF INVERSNEYDECCXCVIII THE REAPERCCXCIX THE REVERIE OF POOR SUSANCCC TO A LADY, WITH A GUITARCCCI THE DAFFODILSCCCII TO THE DAISYCCCIII ODE TO AUTUMNCCCIV ODE TO WINTERCCCV YARROW UNVISITEDCCCVI YARROW VISITEDCCCVII THE INVITATIONCCCVIII THE RECOLLECTIONCCCIXCCCX SONG TO THE EVENING STARCCCXI DATUR HORA QUIETICCCXII TO THE MOONCCCXIII TO SLEEPCCCXIV THE SOLDIER'S DREAMCCCXV A DREAM OF THE UNKNOWNCCCXVI KUBLA KHANCCCXVII THE INNER VISIONCCCXVIII THE REALM OF FANCYCCCXIX WRITTEN IN EARLY SPRINGCCCXX RUTH: OR THE INFLUENCES OF NATURECCCXXI WRITTEN AMONG THE EUGANEAN HILLSCCCXXII ODE TO THE WEST WINDCCCXXIII NATURE AND THE POETCCCXXIV THE POET'S DREAMCCCXXV GLEN-ALMAIN, THE NARROW GLENCCCXXVICCCXXVII WITHIN KING'S COLLEGE CHAPEL, CAMBRIDGECCCXXVIII ODE ON A GRECIAN URNCCCXXIX YOUTH AND AGECCCXXX THE TWO APRIL MORNINGSCCCXXXI THE FOUNTAINCCCXXXII THE RIVER OF LIFECCCXXXIII THE HUMAN SEASONSCCCXXXIV A DIRGECCCXXXV THRENOSCCCXXXVI THE TROSACHSCCCXXXVIICCCXXXVIII ODE ON INTIMATIONS OF IMMORTALITY FROM RECOLLECTIONS OF EARLY CHILDHOODCCCXXXIXINDEX OF WRITERSNOTESINDEX OF WRITERSINDEX OF FIRST LINESTHE GOLDEN TREASURY SERIES.Beginning of this editionNext chapter →THE GOLDEN TREASURYAll chapters and sections (352)Opening pagesFront matterOther sectionsTHE GOLDEN TREASURYFRANCIS T. PALGRAVEMACMILLAN AND CO., LimitedALFRED TENNYSONPREFACEOpening pagesIntroductory materialBook 1 · Chapters123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142434445464748495051525354555657585960616263646566676869707172737475767778798081828384Book 2 · Chapters85Book 2 · Other sectionsTHE HYMNBook 2 · Chapters8687888990919293949596979899100101102103104105106107108109110111112113114115116117118119120121122123124125126127128129130131132133134135136137138139140141142143144145146147148149150151Book 3 · Chapters152153154155156157158159160161162163164165166167168169170171172173174175176177178179180181182183184185186187188189190191192193194195196197198199200201202203204205206207Book 4 · Chapters208209210211212213214215216217218219220221222223224225226227228229230231232233234235236237238239240241242243244245246247248249250251252253254255256257258259260261262263264265266267268269270271272273274275276277278279280281282283284285286287288289290291292293294295296297298299300301302303304305306307308309310311312313314315316317318319320321322323324325326327328329330331332333334335336337338339Book 4 · Other sectionsINDEX OF WRITERSNOTESINDEX OF WRITERSINDEX OF FIRST LINESTHE GOLDEN TREASURY SERIES.Transcriber's Note:◇The source of the Greek quote and its meaning are from the 1914 edition.◇THE GOLDEN TREASURY →