Show B BEAUTIFUL LIFE alfred lord tennyson lived a life as beautiful and unreal in its roman romanticism as that of any hero in his king arthur stories the drowning of arthur hal lain Tenny sons college friend who understood and encouraged the sensitive poet caused tennyson to suffer a nervous collapse and to live ten years in retirement at the end of that time he be presented for publication tiou in memoriam Menior iam an elegy to A arthur rt bur hallam a poem said to have brought more comfort to sorrowing people than any other poem tennyson was not wealthy and he and his sweetheart wanted to leave the path of his bis life open tor for writing instead of trying to earn a less precarious livelihood so they waited many years b before L marriage was possible speaking of 0 his marrying emily sellwood SeII wood he said on the day I 1 married her t the he peace of god entered into my soul at the death of wordsworth tennyson was made poet laureate of england having long enjoyed the friendship of queen victoria after that he be was so besieged by sightseers that he was forced to move to the isle of wight which place Is now famous tor for having been his home tennyson died in 1893 1892 at the age of eighty three 1 he once more placed it safely away the second time the king asked asked what wha t he had seen and the knight gave the same answer as before the rippling of the waves with great effort king arthur cried if you do not do as I 1 command I 1 will kill you with my own hands sir Be divere ran to the lake wheeled the sword high and with all his might hurled it into the lake instantly an arm clothed in rich apparel rose from the lake caught the sword brandished brandishes bran dished it three thre e times and drew excalibur under the waves when the king had heard what sir Be divere had seen his soul was satisfied then he made his last request of his knight that sir Be divere would assist him to reach the shores of the lake old order chanreth Cha ngeth when the king stood beside the waters there appeared in the distance a barge nearer and nearer it came until the richness of the black draperies could be seen three queens weeping in lamentation stood on the bow looking toward king arthur sir Be divere supported his king until the outstretched arms of the queens assisted king arthur to take his place on the barge slowly the barge began to leave the bhore standing alone as king arthur moved into the distance sir Be divere cried out 1 I am left alone I 1 1 what shall I 1 do kindly answered the king the old order chanreth cha ngeth giving p placa ia ce to new pray for me tor for more things are wrought by prayer than this world dreams of so ended the life ot of king arthur tor for many years ruler over the round table vl 0 bell service |