To The Queen
90 Words
This dedication was first prefixed to the seventh edition of these poems in 1851, Tennyson having succeeded Wordsworth as Poet Laureate, 19th Nov., 1850.
MARCH, 1851.
[Footnote 1: 1851. Revered Victoria, you that hold.]
[Footnote 2: 1851. I thank you that your Royal grace.]
[Footnote 3: This stanza added in 1853.]
[Footnote 4: 1851. Your sweetness.]
[Footnote 5: In 1851 the following stanza referring to the first Crystal Palace, opened 1st May, 1851, was inserted here:--
[Footnote 6: 1851. Broader yet.]
[Footnote 7: With this cf. Shelley, 'Ode to Liberty':--
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