“Locksley Hall” by Tennyson. I like the poem a lot; I like the rhythm and the story.

[raccoon]

But the older I get, the more the narrator comes across as whiny. This morning, listening to a tape of the poem, I thought he seems so self-pitying….must be an addict….

P.S. In a collection of Tennyson’s poems, my grandmother marked the following quote from “Locksley Hall” with a pencil:

“As the husband is, the wife is: thou art mated with a clown,
And the grossness of his nature will have weight to drag thee down.”

I have a sneaking suspicion my grandparents' marriage wasn’t all that great.

[Jim__]

1. Here's a link for anyone else who hasn't read it.

http://theotherpages.org/poems/tenny02.html

I don't have time to read it now; but I will read it later.