MAUD,

AND

OTHER POEM S.

BY

ALFRED TENNYSON, D. C. L.,

POET LAUREATE.

BOSTON:

TICKNOR AND FIELDS.

MDCCCLV.

Stereotyped by
HOBART & ROBLINS,

New England Type and Stereotype Foundery,

POSTON,

MAUD.

I.

'Death.'

1.

I HATE the dreadful hollow behind the little

wood,

Its lips in the field above are dabbled with bloodred heath,

The red-ribb'd ledges drip with a silent horror of blood,

And Echo there, whatever is ask'd her, answers