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The following is from the Diary of Henry Crabb Robinson:

"31st January, 1845. I dined this day with Rogers. We had an interesting party of eight. Moxon, the publisher; Kenny, the dramatic poet; Spedding, Lushington, and Alfred Tennyson, three young men of eminent talent belonging to literary Young England—the latter, Tennyson, being by far the most eminent of the young poets. He is an admirer of Goethe, and I had a long tête-à-tête with him about the great poet. We waited for the eighth—a lady —who, Rogers said, was coming on purpose to see Tennyson."