Maud - Part 1 - 12.
Maud - Part 1 - 12. - context Summary
Published in 1855 Collection
This extract is from Tennyson's narrative poem Maud, first published in the 1855 collection Maud, and Other Poems. It presents a twilight rural scene where the speaker finds Maud among lilies and birds announce her presence. The passage balances romantic intimacy and social tension: the speaker’s courtship and admiration sit beside hints of class and conflict, signaled by the warning to retreat and the snarling reference to "little King Charles."
Read Complete Analyses1 Birds in the high Hall-garden When twilight was falling, Maud, Maud, Maud, Maud, They were crying and calling. 2 Where was Maud? in our wood; And I, who else, was with her, Gathering woodland lilies, Myriads blow together. 3 Birds in our wood sang Ringing thro' the vallies, Maud is here, here, here In among the lilies. 4 I kiss'd her slender hand, She took the kiss sedately; Maud is not seventeen, But she is tall and stately. 5 I to cry out on pride Who have won her favour! Maud were sure of Heaven If lowliness could save her. 6 I know the way she went Home with her maiden posy, For her feet have touch'd the meadows And left the daisies rosy. 7 Birds in the high Hall-garden Were crying and calling to her, Where is Maud, Maud, Maud, One is come to woo her. 8 Look, a horse at the door, And little King Charles is snarling, Go back, my lord, across the moor, You are not her darling.
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