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References
- ↑ Alfred Lord Tennyson (29 January 2004). Selected Poems. Penguin Books Limited. pp. 560–. ISBN 978-0-14-193487-7.
- ↑ Ralph Wilson Rader (1963). Tennyson's Maud: The Biographical Genesis. University of California Press. pp. 80–. ISBN 978-0-520-03617-8.
- ↑ Leonee Ormond (15 October 1993). Alfred Tennyson: A Literary Life. Palgrave Macmillan UK. pp. 106–. ISBN 978-1-349-22998-7.
- ↑ V. Purton; N. Page (20 October 2010). The Palgrave Literary Dictionary of Tennyson. Palgrave Macmillan UK. pp. 294–. ISBN 978-0-230-24494-8.
- ↑ Morton Luce (1971). Tennyson. Folcroft Library Editions. ISBN 978-0-8414-5629-7.
Canto iii. is prefixed the exquisite cradle song Sweet and Low, in which a child is a bond of love between parents who are sundered by distance.
- ↑ Fraser's Magazine. Vol. 42. 1850. pp. 251–.
- ↑ John D. Jump (31 October 2013). Lord Alfred Tennyson: The Critical Heritage. Routledge. pp. 182–. ISBN 978-1-136-17296-0.
- ↑ Leonee Ormond (17 November 2016). The Reception of Alfred Tennyson in Europe. Bloomsbury Publishing. pp. 14–. ISBN 978-1-350-01252-3.
- ↑ Score at IMSLP
- ↑ The federal reporter. 1970. pp. 1096–.
While the record does not refer to it, the genesis of the mark would appear to be Alfred Lord Tennyson's song, included in "The Princess" at the conclusion of Part II, Sweet and low, sweet and low, Wind of the Western sea, ...
- ↑ Rich Cohen (31 July 2013). Sweet and Low: A Family Story. Random House. pp. 89–. ISBN 978-1-4464-1990-8.
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