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To Christopher North

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Title:     To Christopher North
Author: Alfred Lord Tennyson [More Titles by Tennyson]

You did late review my lays,
Crusty Christopher;
You did mingle blame and praise,
Rusty Christopher.
When I learnt from whom it came,
I forgave you all the blame,
Musty Christopher;
I could _not_ forgive the praise,
Fusty Christopher.


[This epigram was Tennyson's reply to an article by Professor Wilson--'Christopher North'--in _Blackwood's Magazine_ for May 1832, dealing in sensible fashion with Tennyson's 1830 volume, and ridiculing the fulsome praise lavished on him by his inconsiderate friends--especially referring to Arthur Hallam's article in the _Englishman's Magazine_ for August, 1831.]




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