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 "Epitaph on the late Duchess of Kent." The following lines were inscribed on Mr Theed's Statue of the late Duchess of Kent, at Frogmore, and are printed in the "Court Journal," March 19, 1864:

Mr. Tennyson's latest Laureate utterances are the magnificent peroration to the complete "Idylls of the King," addressed to the Queen, and containing among other things a touching and solemn allusion to the then recent recovery of the Prince of Wales from his dangerous and almost hopeless illness, and some lines of welcome to Marie Alexandrovna, the bride of the Duke of Edinburgh.

Though living in retirement, Tennyson watches the events of his time with a vivid interest. He has always been ready to lend his voice and his aid to any