ABSTRACT
Published 1862. ‘To the Prince Consort’ (T.), who had died on 14 Dec. 1861. It was written by about Christmas 1861 (Tennyson and His Friends, p. 208), and sent 7 Jan. 1862 (Letters ii 291). On 23 Jan., T. wrote to the Duchess of Argyll: ‘I am altogether, I assure you, out of love with my Dedication — but I suppose as the Queen has approved of it it must stand as it is’ (Letters ii 294).
