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1、HeartsofControversyHeartsofControversy1HeartsofControversySOMETHOUGHTSOFAREADEROFTENNYSONFiftyyearsafterTennyson'sbirthhewassalutedagreatpoetbythatunanimousacclamationwhichincludesmereclamour.Fiftyfurtheryears,andhiscentenarywasmarkedbyanewdetraction.Itissomet
2、imesdifficulttodistinguishtheobscurebutnotunmajesticlawofchangefromthesorrycustomofreaction.Changehastesnotandrestsnot,reactionbeatstoandfro,flickeringaboutthemovingmindoftheworld.Reaction--thepaltryprecipitancyofthemultitude--ratherthanthenoveltyofchange,hasb
3、roughtaboutafermentandcorruptionofopiniononTennyson'spoetry.Itmaybesaidthatopinionisthesamenowasitwasinthemiddleofthenineteenthcentury--thesame,butturned.Allthatwasnotworthhavingofadmirationthenhassouredintodetractionnow.Itisofnomoresignificance,acrid,thanitwa
4、s,sweet.Whattheherdingofopiniongaveyesterdayitisabletotakeawayto-day,thatandnomore.Butbesidesthecommonfavour-disfavouroftheday,thereisthetendencyofeducatedopinion,oncedisposedtoacceptthewholeofTennyson'spoetryasthoughhecouldnotbe"partedfromhimself,"andnowdispo
5、sedtorejectthewhole,onthesameplea.Butifevertherewasapoetwhoneededtobethus"parted"--thewordishisown--itishewhowrotebothnarrowlyforhistimeandliberallyforalltime,andwho--thisisthemoreimportantcharacterofhispoetry--hadbothastyleandamanner:amasterlystyle,amagicalst
6、yle,atoodaintymanner,nearlyatrick;anoblelandscapeandinitfiguressomethingready-made.Heisasubjectforouralternativesoffeeling,nay,ourconflicts,asishardlyanotherpoet.Wemaydeeplyadmireandwonder,and,inanotherlineorhemistich,growindifferentorslightlyaverse.Heshedsthe
7、luminoussunsofdreamsuponmen&womenwhowoulddowellwithfootlights;waterstheirwaywithrushingstreamsofParadiseandcataractsfromvisionary2HeartsofControversyhills;lapsthemindivinedarkness;leadsthemintothosetouchinglandscapes,"thelovelythatarenotbeloved;"longgreyfields
8、,coolsombresummers,andmeadowsthrongedwithunnoticeableflowers;speedshiscarpetknight--oristhathardlyajustnameforonewhosesword"smites"sowell?--uponacarpetofauthenticwildflowers;pushes
