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 Again, in another part of the same book:

"I spent two fortunate days at Freshwater, in the Isle of Wight, the residence of Tennyson. In the scenery round about the poet's residence, I recognized many lines of 'Maud.' He lives in a charming spot, looking out on one side over the edges of the chalk cliffs, to

and on the other, across the blue channel of the Solent, to the far-off wavy line of the New Forest on the northern horizon. Never shall I forget those golden hours spent with the noble poet and noble man, on the rolling windy downs above the sea, and under the shade of his own ilex and elm!"

In August, 1859, Mr. Tennyson made a fortnight's tour in Portugal, in company with Francis Turner Palgrave, who has published a journal of the little expedition in which it was his privilege to enjoy such companionship.