Afternoon lectures on literature and art[Fourth series, 1866 . i TENNYSONS WORKS. BY JOHN K. INGRAM, FELLOW OF TRINITY COLLEGE, AND PROFESSOR OF ENGLISHLITERATURE IN THE UNIVERSITY OF DUBLIN. /^^iS^^^^SV TENNYSONS ITH whatever deepest reverence we maybow before the great poets of the past, it isyet natural that we should turn with aquite special interest to listen to the in-spired singer of our own age. In particular, the youngand ardent souls of each period, who instinctively feeland spontaneously represent its tendencies, are power-fully attracted by the contemporary voice, whi
Afternoon lectures on literature and art[Fourth series, 1866 . i TENNYSONS WORKS. BY JOHN K. INGRAM, FELLOW OF TRINITY COLLEGE, AND PROFESSOR OF ENGLISHLITERATURE IN THE UNIVERSITY OF DUBLIN. /^^iS^^^^SV TENNYSONS ITH whatever deepest reverence we maybow before the great poets of the past, it isyet natural that we should turn with aquite special interest to listen to the in-spired singer of our own age. In particular, the youngand ardent souls of each period, who instinctively feeland spontaneously represent its tendencies, are power-fully attracted by the contemporary voice, which,though perhaps in itself less profound and penetrating,yet seems to reach them more easily, and touch themmore nearly. Immersed in the same social atmospherethey breathe, and subject to all the spiritual influencesby which they are affected, the poet of their own timeawakens in them a readier, if not a stronger, thrill ofsympathy. Such a charm Tennyson has, in a remark-able degree, exercised on the England—especially theyoung England—of our day. Rarely has any poetwon for himself during his lifetime so large a place inthe minds and hearts of his fellow-countrymen. Hedid not, indeed, like Byron, take the world by
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