This laurel greener from the brows
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o do much more than note the titles of his principal workssince he became Poet-Laureate, the prescribed limit of thissketch will not allow. In 1855 appeared Maud, which, thoughit met with great disapprobation and but stinted praise, is, per-haps, one of his greatest poems. In July, 1859, the first of theIdyls of the King appeared, namely, Hnid, Vivien, Hiaine, andGuinevere, which were at once great favorites with all readers ofthe poet; in August, 1864, Hnoch Arden, with which were pub-lished Aylmer’s Field, Sea Dreams, The Grandmother, and TheNorthern Farmer ; in December, 1869, four additional Tadyils,under the title The Holy Grail and Other Poems, namely, TheComing of Arthur, The Holy Grail, Pelleas and Kttare, andThe Passing of Arthur, of which forty thousand copies wereordered in advance; in December, 1871, in The ContemporaryReview, The Last Tournament ; in 1872, Gareth and Lynette ; in
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