Narrative poem · 1847

The Princess

A Medley

by Alfred, Lord Tennyson

Tennyson's blank-verse medley of a prince who woos Princess Ida, founder of a women's university, framed by a summer fete at Vivian-place and broken by its famous songs, among them 'Tears, idle tears' and 'The splendour falls'.

Contents · 9 parts

• Prologueabout 250 lines
• Part Iabout 260 lines
• Part IIabout 480 lines
• Part IIIabout 370 lines
• Part IVabout 580 lines
• Part Vabout 560 lines
• Part VIabout 380 lines
• Part VIIabout 350 lines
• Conclusionabout 120 lines

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