Suppressed Poems of Alfred Lord Tennyson — To Christopher North

=To Christopher North= You did late review my lays, Crusty Christopher;

You did mingle blame and praise, Rusty Christopher.

When I learnt from whom it came, I forgave you all the blame, Musty Christopher;

I could _not_ forgive the praise, Fusty Christopher.

[This epigram was Tennyson's reply to an article by Professor Wilson--'Christopher North'--in _Blackwood's Magazine_ for May 1832, dealing in sensible fashion with Tennyson's 1830 volume, and ridiculing the fulsome praise lavished on him by his inconsiderate friends--especially referring to Arthur Hallam's article in the _Englishman's Magazine_ for August, 1831. ] XXXVIII