The best line I ever read about Tennyson is from (I think) Adrian Mitchell's The Oxford History of English Poetry: And then there was a thousand years of Tennyson. Funny, really, we all thought he was a golfer. But I lost (or lent) the book it was in and haven't read it for years. Can anyone post it for me? Best Alison PO Box 186 Newport VIC 3105 AUSTRALIA home page: http://www.fortunecity.com/victorian/bronte/338 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%