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 Tennyson retorted in some bitter lines, entitled "The New Timon and the Poets," and signed "Alcibiades," which appeared in "Punch," February 28, 1846. In the following number there appeared some further stanzas, entitled "Afterthought," with the same signature, written in a gentler mood. This latter piece the Laureate has lately included in the collected edition of his writings; but he was too generous to perpetuate the earlier satire, and the offensive passage was removed from the third edition of "The New Timon."