Alfred Lord Tennyson; a study of his life and work . red with thee. And all my hopes were thine—As all thou wert was one with me;May all thou art be mine ! The interest of that first partnership of boyhood was not tobe impaired by the successes and disappointments of themore memorable years to come. CHAPTER II CAMBRIDGE In October 1828, Charles and Alfred joined Frederick atTrinity College, Cambridge, where the eldest brother hadalready distinguished himself by winning Sir William Brownes medal for Greekverse, the subjectof his composi-tion being two youngerbrothers were, welearn fro
Alfred Lord Tennyson; a study of his life and work . red with thee. And all my hopes were thine—As all thou wert was one with me;May all thou art be mine ! The interest of that first partnership of boyhood was not tobe impaired by the successes and disappointments of themore memorable years to come. CHAPTER II CAMBRIDGE In October 1828, Charles and Alfred joined Frederick atTrinity College, Cambridge, where the eldest brother hadalready distinguished himself by winning Sir William Brownes medal for Greekverse, the subjectof his composi-tion being two youngerbrothers were, welearn from Pro-fessor C. V. Stan-ford, entered onthe books on No-vember 9, 1827,and matriculatedon February 20 ofthe following Tennysonfirst lived in RoseCrescent over aTobacco nistsshop; but at theend of their firstyear he andCharles movedto lodgings inTrumping tonStreet, next doorto the gate ofCorpus. Unusedto the society ofmen of their own age, they were at first reserved and nervousto a degree that was almost painful. There is a story told. TENNYSON S ROOMS, CORPUS BUILDINGS. CAMBRIDGE 21 of them, that, starting for College with every intention ofdining in Hall, they would often find their courage failthem when they saw the full tables and heard the buzz ofconversation, and hurry back to their lodgings late Master of Trinity, Dr. W. H. Thompson, we aretold, was wont to say that it was on one such occasion, asAlfred Tennyson stood proud and shy at the doors of thelighted hall, that he noticed him for the first time, andasked a fellow-undergraduate his name. But though the shyness lived on, the solitude was brokenthrough; and the brothers soon fell into a set of literaryspirits, akin to themselves, many of whom were destined tomore than ordinary prominence. Among the earliest ofthese new friends was the one who was to exert so pleasantlypowerful an influence upon Alfred Tennysons life, ArthurHenry Hallam himself. Hallam was nearly two yearsTennysons junior
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