Tennyson, Ireland, and "The Powers of Speech".(Alfred Lord Tennyson) From: Victorian Poetry | Date: September 22, 2001| Author: Bevis, Matthew | COPYRIGHT 2001 West Virginia University Press, University of West Virginia. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

WHEN TENNYSON AND GLADSTONE MET FOR THE FINAL TIME, THE POET was in a bad mood. He initially refused to come down to dinner, angry at the politician's continued support of Home Rule for Ireland, but once the two men got talking the Laureate changed his tune:

It was not long before it became obvious, from the energetic actions of Mr. Gladstone, that the two had got upon the Home Rule Bill, and some two hours went by before they rose from their seats. Shortly afterwards Gl...

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