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href="/wiki/Alfred,_Lord_Tennyson" title="Alfred, Lord Tennyson">Alfred, Lord Tennyson</a>. Written in 1849,<sup id="cite_ref-Tennyson2004_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tennyson2004-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Tennyson sent two versions of the poem to <a href="/wiki/Emily_Tennyson,_Lady_Tennyson" class="mw-redirect" title="Emily Tennyson, Lady Tennyson">Emily Sellwood</a> in November,<sup id="cite_ref-Rader1963_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rader1963-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Ormond1993_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ormond1993-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> asking her to select which one to include in the revised 1850 edition of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Princess_(Tennyson_poem)" title="The Princess (Tennyson poem)">The Princess</a></i>,<sup id="cite_ref-PurtonPage2010_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PurtonPage2010-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> where it intercalates <a href="/wiki/Canto" title="Canto">canto</a> II and III.<sup id="cite_ref-Luce1971_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Luce1971-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Charles_Kingsley" title="Charles Kingsley">Charles Kingsley</a> in a review in <i><a href="/wiki/Fraser%27s_Magazine" title="Fraser's Magazine">Fraser's Magazine</a></i> (September 1850) found the poem so exquisite that he quoted it in full,<sup id="cite_ref-Frasers1850_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Frasers1850-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Jump2013_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jump2013-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and it became, as did the other five "songs" inserted in 1850 edition of <i>The Princess</i>, a poem widely translated in Europe.<sup id="cite_ref-Ormond2016_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ormond2016-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Text">Text</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sweet_and_Low_(poem)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Text"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="poem"> <p>Sweet and low, sweet and low,<br />    Wind of the western sea,<br /> Low, low, breathe and blow,<br />    Wind of the western sea!<br /> Over the rolling waters go,<br />    Come from the dying moon, and blow,<br /> Blow him again to me;<br />    While my little one, while my pretty one, sleeps.<br /> <br /> Sleep and rest, sleep and rest,<br />    Father will come to thee soon;<br /> Rest, rest, on mother's breast,<br />    Father will come to thee soon;<br /> Father will come to his babe in the nest,<br />    Silver sails all out of the west,<br /> Under the silver moon:<br />    Sleep, my little one, sleep, my pretty one, sleep. </p> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="In_popular_culture">In popular culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sweet_and_Low_(poem)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: In popular culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Barnby" title="Joseph Barnby">Joseph Barnby</a> set the poem as a <a href="/wiki/Part_song" title="Part song">partsong</a> in 1865.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The title has been reused used many times, notably by <a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Eisenstadt" title="Benjamin Eisenstadt">Benjamin Eisenstadt</a> in 1957 for his <a href="/wiki/Artificial_sweetener" class="mw-redirect" title="Artificial sweetener">artificial sweetener</a> brand <a href="/wiki/Sweet%27n_Low" title="Sweet'n Low">Sweet'n Low</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Federalreporter1970_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Federalreporter1970-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Cohen2013_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cohen2013-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Mary_Higgins_Clark" title="Mary Higgins Clark">Mary Higgins Clark</a>'s 1989 novel <i><a href="/wiki/While_My_Pretty_One_Sleeps" title="While My Pretty One Sleeps">While My Pretty One Sleeps</a></i> takes its title from the first stanza. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Jo_Stafford" title="Jo Stafford">Jo Stafford</a> and <a href="/wiki/Gordon_MacRae" title="Gordon MacRae">Gordon MacRae</a> included the song on their 1955 album <i><a href="/wiki/Memory_Songs" title="Memory Songs">Memory Songs</a></i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sweet_and_Low_(poem)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sweet_and_Low_(disambiguation)" class="mw-redirect mw-disambig" title="Sweet and Low (disambiguation)">Sweet and Low (disambiguation)</a>, for other articles with this title</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sweet_and_Low_(poem)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style 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class="references"> <li id="cite_note-Tennyson2004-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Tennyson2004_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px 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.cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFAlfred_Lord_Tennyson2004" class="citation book cs1">Alfred Lord Tennyson (29 January 2004). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=RCzXHU9O_EMC&pg=PT560"><i>Selected Poems</i></a>. Penguin Books Limited. pp. 560–. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-14-193487-7" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-14-193487-7"><bdi>978-0-14-193487-7</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Selected+Poems&rft.pages=560-&rft.pub=Penguin+Books+Limited&rft.date=2004-01-29&rft.isbn=978-0-14-193487-7&rft.au=Alfred+Lord+Tennyson&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DRCzXHU9O_EMC%26pg%3DPT560&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASweet+and+Low+%28poem%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Rader1963-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Rader1963_2-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRalph_Wilson_Rader1963" class="citation book cs1">Ralph Wilson Rader (1963). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=drlWONjjVe0C&pg=PA80"><i>Tennyson's Maud: The Biographical Genesis</i></a>. University of California Press. pp. 80–. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-520-03617-8" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-520-03617-8"><bdi>978-0-520-03617-8</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Tennyson%27s+Maud%3A+The+Biographical+Genesis&rft.pages=80-&rft.pub=University+of+California+Press&rft.date=1963&rft.isbn=978-0-520-03617-8&rft.au=Ralph+Wilson+Rader&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DdrlWONjjVe0C%26pg%3DPA80&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASweet+and+Low+%28poem%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Ormond1993-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Ormond1993_3-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFLeonee_Ormond1993" class="citation book cs1">Leonee Ormond (15 October 1993). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=CduvCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA106"><i>Alfred Tennyson: A Literary Life</i></a>. Palgrave Macmillan UK. pp. 106–. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-349-22998-7" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-349-22998-7"><bdi>978-1-349-22998-7</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Alfred+Tennyson%3A+A+Literary+Life&rft.pages=106-&rft.pub=Palgrave+Macmillan+UK&rft.date=1993-10-15&rft.isbn=978-1-349-22998-7&rft.au=Leonee+Ormond&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DCduvCwAAQBAJ%26pg%3DPA106&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASweet+and+Low+%28poem%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-PurtonPage2010-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-PurtonPage2010_4-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFV._PurtonN._Page2010" class="citation book cs1">V. Purton; N. Page (20 October 2010). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=a1OCDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA294"><i>The Palgrave Literary Dictionary of Tennyson</i></a>. Palgrave Macmillan UK. pp. 294–. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-230-24494-8" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-230-24494-8"><bdi>978-0-230-24494-8</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Palgrave+Literary+Dictionary+of+Tennyson&rft.pages=294-&rft.pub=Palgrave+Macmillan+UK&rft.date=2010-10-20&rft.isbn=978-0-230-24494-8&rft.au=V.+Purton&rft.au=N.+Page&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3Da1OCDAAAQBAJ%26pg%3DPA294&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASweet+and+Low+%28poem%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Luce1971-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Luce1971_5-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMorton_Luce1971" class="citation book cs1">Morton Luce (1971). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=9AAjAAAAMAAJ"><i>Tennyson</i></a>. Folcroft Library Editions. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-8414-5629-7" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-8414-5629-7"><bdi>978-0-8414-5629-7</bdi></a>. <q>Canto iii. is prefixed the exquisite cradle song Sweet and Low, in which a child is a bond of love between parents who are sundered by distance.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Tennyson&rft.pub=Folcroft+Library+Editions&rft.date=1971&rft.isbn=978-0-8414-5629-7&rft.au=Morton+Luce&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D9AAjAAAAMAAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASweet+and+Low+%28poem%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Frasers1850-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Frasers1850_6-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation book cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=5ChNAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA251"><i>Fraser's Magazine</i></a>. Vol. 42. 1850. pp. 251–.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Fraser%27s+Magazine&rft.pages=251-&rft.date=1850&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D5ChNAQAAMAAJ%26pg%3DPA251&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASweet+and+Low+%28poem%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Jump2013-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Jump2013_7-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFJohn_D._Jump2013" class="citation book cs1">John D. Jump (31 October 2013). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=5X7hAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA182"><i>Lord Alfred Tennyson: The Critical Heritage</i></a>. Routledge. pp. 182–. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-136-17296-0" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-136-17296-0"><bdi>978-1-136-17296-0</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Lord+Alfred+Tennyson%3A+The+Critical+Heritage&rft.pages=182-&rft.pub=Routledge&rft.date=2013-10-31&rft.isbn=978-1-136-17296-0&rft.au=John+D.+Jump&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D5X7hAQAAQBAJ%26pg%3DPA182&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASweet+and+Low+%28poem%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Ormond2016-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Ormond2016_8-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFLeonee_Ormond2016" class="citation book cs1">Leonee Ormond (17 November 2016). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=OKMqDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA14"><i>The Reception of Alfred Tennyson in Europe</i></a>. Bloomsbury Publishing. pp. 14–. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-350-01252-3" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-350-01252-3"><bdi>978-1-350-01252-3</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Reception+of+Alfred+Tennyson+in+Europe&rft.pages=14-&rft.pub=Bloomsbury+Publishing&rft.date=2016-11-17&rft.isbn=978-1-350-01252-3&rft.au=Leonee+Ormond&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DOKMqDQAAQBAJ%26pg%3DPA14&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASweet+and+Low+%28poem%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://imslp.org/wiki/Sweet_and_Low_(Barnby,_Joseph)">Score at IMSLP</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Federalreporter1970-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Federalreporter1970_10-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation book cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=j8o3AAAAIAAJ"><i>The federal reporter</i></a>. 1970. pp. 1096–. <q>While the record does not refer to it, the genesis of the mark would appear to be Alfred Lord Tennyson's song, included in "The Princess" at the conclusion of Part II, Sweet and low, sweet and low, Wind of the Western sea, ...</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+federal+reporter&rft.pages=1096-&rft.date=1970&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3Dj8o3AAAAIAAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASweet+and+Low+%28poem%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Cohen2013-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Cohen2013_11-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRich_Cohen2013" class="citation book cs1">Rich Cohen (31 July 2013). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=JmrUG9igyUEC&pg=PT89"><i>Sweet and Low: A Family Story</i></a>. Random House. pp. 89–. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-4464-1990-8" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-4464-1990-8"><bdi>978-1-4464-1990-8</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Sweet+and+Low%3A+A+Family+Story&rft.pages=89-&rft.pub=Random+House&rft.date=2013-07-31&rft.isbn=978-1-4464-1990-8&rft.au=Rich+Cohen&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DJmrUG9igyUEC%26pg%3DPT89&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASweet+and+Low+%28poem%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output 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<li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Deserted_House" title="The Deserted House">The Deserted House</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Kraken_(poem)" title="The Kraken (poem)">The Kraken</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Lady_of_Shalott" title="The Lady of Shalott">The Lady of Shalott</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Lotos-Eaters" title="The Lotos-Eaters">The Lotos-Eaters</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Mariana_(poem)" title="Mariana (poem)">Mariana</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Oenone_(poem)" title="Oenone (poem)">Oenone</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Mariana_in_the_South" title="Mariana in the South">Mariana in the South</a>"</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Miller%27s_Daughter_(poem)" title="The Miller's Daughter (poem)"><i>The Miller's Daughter</i></a></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Claribel_(poem)" title="Claribel (poem)">Claribel</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Ballad_of_Oriana" title="The Ballad of Oriana">The Ballad of Oriana</a>"</li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="6" 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navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Break,_Break,_Break" title="Break, Break, Break">Break, Break, Break</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Charge_of_the_Light_Brigade_(poem)" title="The Charge of the Light Brigade (poem)">The Charge of the Light Brigade</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Day-Dream" title="The Day-Dream">The Day-Dream</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/A_Dream_of_Fair_Women" title="A Dream of Fair Women">A Dream of Fair Women</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Godiva_(poem)" title="Godiva (poem)">Godiva</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/St._Agnes_(poem)" title="St. Agnes (poem)">St. Agnes</a>"</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Lady_Clare" title="Lady Clare">Lady Clare</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Idylls_of_the_King" title="Idylls of the King">Idylls of the King</a></i></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/In_Memoriam_A.H.H." title="In Memoriam A.H.H.">In Memoriam A.H.H.</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Lady_Clara_Vere_de_Vere" title="Lady Clara Vere de Vere">Lady Clara Vere de Vere</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Locksley_Hall" title="Locksley Hall">Locksley Hall</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Now_Sleeps_the_Crimson_Petal" title="Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal">Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal</a>"</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Poems_(Tennyson,_1842)" title="Poems (Tennyson, 1842)">Poems</a></i> (1842)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Palace_of_Art" title="The Palace of Art">The Palace of Art</a>"</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Princess_(Tennyson_poem)" title="The Princess (Tennyson poem)">The Princess</a></i></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Sir_Galahad_(poem)" title="Sir Galahad (poem)">Sir Galahad</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/St._Simeon_Stylites_(poem)" title="St. Simeon Stylites (poem)">St. Simeon Stylites</a>"</li> <li>"<a class="mw-selflink selflink">Sweet and Low</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Tears,_Idle_Tears" title="Tears, Idle Tears">Tears, Idle Tears</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Two_Voices" title="The Two Voices">The Two Voices</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Ulysses_(poem)" title="Ulysses (poem)">Ulysses</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Late poetry</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Crossing_the_Bar" title="Crossing the Bar">Crossing the Bar</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Eagle_(poem)" title="The Eagle (poem)">The Eagle</a>"</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Enoch_Arden" title="Enoch Arden">Enoch Arden</a></i></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Flower_in_the_Crannied_Wall" title="Flower in the Crannied Wall">Flower in the Crannied Wall</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Higher_Pantheism" title="The Higher Pantheism">The Higher Pantheism</a>"</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Maud,_and_Other_Poems" title="Maud, and Other Poems">Maud</a></i></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Ring_Out,_Wild_Bells" title="Ring Out, Wild Bells">Ring Out, Wild Bells</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Tithonus_(poem)" title="Tithonus (poem)">Tithonus</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other works</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/The_Foresters" title="The Foresters"><i>The Foresters</i> (play)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Window_(song_cycle)" title="The Window (song cycle)"><i>The Window</i> (song cycle)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chapel_House,_Twickenham" title="Chapel House, Twickenham">Chapel House, Twickenham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Farringford_House" title="Farringford House">Farringford House</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tennyson_Down" title="Tennyson Down">Tennyson Down</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blackdown,_West_Sussex" title="Blackdown, West Sussex">Blackdown, West Sussex</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">People</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Emily_Tennyson,_Lady_Tennyson" class="mw-redirect" title="Emily Tennyson, Lady Tennyson">Emily Tennyson</a> (wife)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hallam_Tennyson,_2nd_Baron_Tennyson" title="Hallam Tennyson, 2nd Baron Tennyson">Hallam Tennyson</a> (son)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lionel_Tennyson,_3rd_Baron_Tennyson" title="Lionel Tennyson, 3rd Baron Tennyson">Lionel Tennyson</a> (grandson)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Tennyson_(civil_servant)" title="Charles Tennyson (civil servant)">Charles Tennyson</a> (grandson)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emilia_Tennyson" title="Emilia Tennyson">Emilia Tennyson</a> (sister)</li> 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