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ALFRED TENNYSON, 1ST BARON TENNYSON (1809-92)

A Welcome to Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales

1863

30 x 22 x 1.5 cm (book measurement (conservation)) | RCIN 1054596

As Poet Laureate, Tennyson wrote this ode of welcome to mark Princess Alexandra’s arrival in England on 7 March 1863, three days before her wedding. The poem was published in The Times on the day of the wedding.


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