Maud - Part 1 - 11.
Maud - Part 1 - 11. - fact Summary
Published in 1855
This excerpt is from Part 1 of Tennyson’s narrative poem Maud, published in 1855 in Maud, and Other Poems. The speaker urges that life should not end until love is found, accepting possible madness as the price. The lines encapsulate Maud’s central tensions: yearning for love, melancholy, and self-destructive resolve. Knowing its publication and placement in Maud helps readers situate these motifs within Tennyson’s mid‑Victorian concerns.
Read Complete Analyses1 O let the solid ground Not fail beneath my feet Before my life has found What some have found so sweet; Then let come what come may, What matter if I go mad, I shall have had my day. 2 Let the sweet heavens endure, Not close and darken above me Before I am quite quite sure That there is one to love me; Then let come what come may To a life that has been so sad, I shall have had my day.
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