#alfred lord tennyson poem

[wondrousrainbow]

The Silent Voice, Gerald Moira (1898)

When the dumb Hour, clothed in black,

Brings the Dreams about my bed,

Call me not so often back,

Silent Voices of the dead,

Toward the lowland ways behind me,

And the sunlight that is gone!

Call me rather, silent voices,

Forward to the starry track

Glimmering up the heights beyond me

On, and always on!

— The Silent Voices, Alfred Lord Tennyson (1892)

[quotefeeling]

If I had a flower for every time I thought of you, I could walk through my garden forever.

Alfred Lord Tennyson

[thoughtkick]

If I had a flower for every time I thought of you, I could walk through my garden forever.

Alfred Lord Tennyson

[adrasteiax]

Alfred Lord Tennyson, from The Lady Of Shalott in “The Works Of Alfred Lord Tennyson”

[perfectfeelings]

If I had a flower for every time I thought of you, I could walk through my garden forever.

Alfred Lord Tennyson

[ardent-reflections]

If I had a flower for every time I thought of you, I could walk in my garden forever.

Alfred Lord Tennyson

[detroitlib]

The May Queen and other poems / Alfred Lord Tennyson ; designed, written out and illuminated by Alberto Sangorski. Rubricated and illuminated. Colophon: "This manuscript, selected poems of Alfred Lord Tennyson, The May Queen, The sea fairies, The beggar maid, Hero to Leander, and Dora was designed, written out, and illuminated by Alberto Sangorski for Messrs. R. Rivière & Son bookbinders & booksellers to H.M. King George V. London. This manuscript will not be duplicated. This manuscript was executed by me [signed] Alberto Sangorski London A.D. 1912."-- P. [63] Full blue morocco, inlaid and gilt in an over-all design with semi-precious stones and seed pearls, mounted on upper cover. Beige morocco doublures, inlaid with red, white and green morocco and gilt. Silk protective guards interleaved between some pages. All edges gilt. Stamp-signed on upper doublure: "Bound by Riviere & Son". In silk-lined green morocco folding case.

[uwmspeccoll]

Typography Tuesday

This week we present some type and wood-engraved initials from an edition of Alfred Lord Tennyson's Lyric Poems by the Vale Press, printed in London at the Ballantyne Press in an edition of 320 copies in 1900. British artist, illustrator, printer, and book and type designer Charles Ricketts (1866-1931) founded the Vale Press in 1896 and designed three typefaces for the press. The most commonly used typeface was Vale Type, which is used here. Ricketts also used over 100 ornamental initials which he designed and engraved, several of which are shown here. To make the initials, Ricketts would draw the designs in ink, and then would paste a number of designs onto a single sheet. These were then photographed onto a woodblock, engraved by Ricketts, and finally separated when they were electrotyped.

The Art Nouveau-style border design in the first image was designed by Ricketts and engraved in wood by Charles Edward Keats, who began working for Ricketts in 1899. As Ricketts did not own the requisite printing equipment for his enterprise, he established a relationship with the venerable Edinburgh-founded Ballantyne Press, and this edition was printed by Charles John Holmes, who worked for Ballantyne and became the manager for Vale.

This copy of Lyric Poems is another gift from our friend Jerry Buff.

View more posts with work by Charles Ricketts and the Vale Press.

View more Typography Tuesday posts.

[joytri]

Moved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are, one equal temper of heroic hearts.

Ulysses, Alfred, Lord Tennyson

[thehopefulquotes]

If I had a flower for every time I thought of you, I could walk through my garden forever.

Alfred Lord Tennyson

[thebeautifulbook]

POEMS BY ALFRED LORD TENNYSON. (London: Bell, 1905) Illustrated by Eleanor F. Brickman. Art binding by Bennett.

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[stay-close]

If I had a flower for every time I thought of you, I could walk through my garden forever.

Alfred Lord Tennyson

[surqrised]

If I had a flower for every time I thought of you, I could walk through my garden forever.

Alfred Lord Tennyson

[thequietabsolute]

A poet is what he is in himself. Gertrude Stein used to distinguish between a person who is an 'entity' and one who has an 'identity.' A significant man is an entity. Identity is what they give you socially. Your little dog recognizes you and therefore you have an identity. An entity, by contrast, an impersonal power, can be a frightening thing. It's as T. S. Eliot said of William Blake. A man like Tennyson was merged into his environment or encrusted with parasitic opinion, but Blake was naked and saw man naked, and from the center of his own crystal. There was nothing of the 'superior person' about him, and this made him terrifying. That is an entity. An identity is easier on itself. An identity pours a drink, lights a cigarette, seeks its human pleasures, and shuns rigorous conditions. The temptation to lie down is very great.

— Saul Bellow, from Humboldt’s Gift

pg., 311

[thoughtkick]

If I had a flower for every time I thought of you, I could walk through my garden forever.

Alfred Lord Tennyson

[perfectquote]

If I had a flower for every time I thought of you, I could walk through my garden forever.

Alfred Lord Tennyson