A Tennyson Dictionary

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Excerpt from A Tennyson Dictionary: The Characters and Place-Names Contained in the Poetical and Dramatic Works of the Poet, Alphabetically Arranged and Described With Synopses of the Poems and Plays Achilles over the Trench. A rendering of the Iliad xviii. 202, recounting the help given to Achilles by Pallas and the consequent rout of the Trojans. Adeline. Five stanzas written to a certain 'spiritual Adeline' to describe her charms. Akbar's Dream. A supposed conversation in blank verse between Akbar, the great Mogul who ruled India from 1565 to 1605 A.D., and his intimate friend Abul Fazl. The poem is prefaced by a quotation from the writings of Abul Fazl. Akbar was one of the most tolerant rulers who ever lived. No creeds were condemned by him, and he invented a new religion which aimed at being a sort of epitome of the best in all beliefs. In this poem, he tells Abul Fazl that the cause of a temporary depression is the shadow cast by an evil dream. He then expounds his theory of life and religion to Abul. His opinion is that God is in all creeds and that the one intolerable thing is intolerance. But now and then a doubt asserts itself - as when he is troubled by dreams such as the one that he has recently dreamed. In it, he thought he had built 'a sacred fane, A temple, neither Pagod, Mosque, nor Church, ' in which people of all creeds might worship, and in which might dwell 'Truth and Peace And Love and Justice' But while he and Abul stood looking at, and rejoicing in their work there was tumult, and in burst Akbar's well-loved son Saleem, and slew both his father and Abul. 'Death' however 'had ears and eyes, ' and Akbar saw his son despoiling the fair building and ruining a life-work. After a time came some people from the west, 'an alien race, ' and again built up the law of toleration and equity, abolishing such monstrous practices as suttee and child-marriage. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.