Sales catalogue 449: Maggs Bros

Date:
1924
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/13/28
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Sales catalogue 449: Maggs Bros. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    420 | FREEDOM. UNPUBLISHED. MS. POEMS. TENNYSON (ALFRED, LORD). . AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT OF ‘THREE UNPUBLISHED POEMS ON FREEDOM (1y. I LOVING FREEDOM FOR. HERSELF ”’; (2) “‘ O THOU, THE CENTRE OF THE WORLD ”’; AND (3) ‘O MOTHER BRITAIN LIFT Wel Ole sy Pelneallec4 Verses, comprising together some 100 lines on 5 pp., 8vo and 12mo, Circa 1834. ok Preserved in sunk mounts aon handsomely bound (with artistic title-page and transcripts inserted) in new full levant morocco extra, small 4to. (SEE ILLUSTRATION, PLATE No. CV.). : | “£115 Three most interesting poems by Tennyson in which he gives voice to his feelings on the subject of Freedom. They were evidently written quite early in his career, and it is believed are unpublished. The manuscript has been mended and strengthened. The first poem, which consists of 14 verses of four lines each, commences: “T loving Freedom for herself, And much of that, which is her form, Wed to no faction in the state A voice before the storm. I mourn in spirit, when I think The year that comes may come with shame Lured by the cuckoo-tongue that loves To babble its own name. That bring us Tales across the sea Of newer lands, a fresher Sky: But that which prospers in the green May perish in the dry.” Etc. The second poem comprises 4 verses of five lines each. “Oh thou, the centre of the world, That sendest out the ships, Give Welcome, when they come from afar, —The freemen of the western star, Be friendly with thy lips.” Ete. The last piece consists of 6 lightly cancelled verses of four lines each. “€ mother Britain lift thou up O let the far-off shore be glad, | Lift up a joyful brow The isles break out in song. -.. There lies not in the circled seas Vor thou didst buy them with a price A land so great as thou. To ramson them from wrong.” Etc