Idylls of the King, The

noun

1. a series of poems by Tennyson, based on Arthurian legend.

Example Sentences

In the “Idylls of the King,” the soul comes first before us as a conqueror in a waste and desert land groaning under mere brute power.

From Project Gutenberg

"Idylls of the King": The first part of this noble poem by Lord Tennyson appeared in 1859, and the remaining parts were issued at various intervals until its completion.

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At one point, Wirtz quoted from Tennyson's Idylls of the King: The old order changeth, yielding place to new, And God fulfils himself in many ways, Lest one good custom should corrupt the world.

From Time Magazine Archive

Reading from the "Idylls of the King;" "The Passing of Arthur."

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But the Idylls of the King, the first and best instalment of which appeared in 1858, completely revived even his popular vogue, and made him indeed popular as no poet had been since Byron.

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