J. C. Thomson gathers the poems Tennyson printed and later withdrew, beginning with ‘Timbuctoo’, the Cambridge prize poem of 1829, and the early lyrics cut from Poems, Chiefly Lyrical. Later pieces include sonnets, patriotic songs and versions of ‘Hands All Round’, each with a note on where it first appeared and how it was altered.
A fascinating look at the young Tennyson’s experiments and the poems he chose to leave behind. Download the free EPUB.