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Tennyson, Alfred, Lord

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  1. A nineteenth-century English poet, very popular in his own time; he was poet laureate of Britain for over forty years. Among his works are “The Charge of the Light Brigade,” “Crossing the Bar,” and Idylls of the King (a retelling of the legend of King Arthur) (see also Arthur).


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Tennyson, Alfred, Lord, 19, 31, 72, 193, 195, 196;    Becket, 19, 72;    Idylls of the King, 195;    Tears, Idle Tears, 195.

From The Theory of the Theatre by Hamilton, Clayton Meeker

Tennyson, Alfred, Lord, 158, 209;  Maud, 158;  The Princess, 209.

From A Manual of the Art of Fiction by Hamilton, Clayton Meeker