Baron Hallam Tennyson Tennyson

“ Then from afar came steps, heavy tramps, as a pavior
hamm'ring;
Out of her huge moon-cheeks the redundant peony faded,
Jack's lank hair she grabb'd, and, looking sad resolution,
Popt him aghast in among her saucepans' grimy recesses.
Then strode in, with a loud heavy-booted thunder of heel-
taps,
He with a tiger at heel—her Giant, swarthy, colossal:
"I smell flesh of a man; yea, wife, tho' he prove but a
morsel,
Man tastes good." ”

“ Airily Jack stole forth, and seized the plump, money-
laying,
Priceless, mystical hen; ran forth, sped away to the bean-
stalk,
Heard from afar, then near, heavy tramps, as a pavior
hamm'ring,
Sprang down pod by pod, with a bounding, grasshopper
action,
Left the Colossus aghast at an edge of his own little
island,
Lighted on earth, whom she, that bare him, fondly
saluting,
Dropt a maternal tear, and dried that tear with her
apron,
Seeing him home and safe; and after it, all was a hey-day,
Lots of loaves, and tons of cheeses, a barnful of onions ”

“ JACK AND THE BEAN-STALK
PREFACE
In his last letter to me Caldecott wrote: 'I have been making several attempts at the Giant, and have been cogitating over the Illustrations to "Jack" generally. During the winter I shall be able to show you some of my ideas.' The following unfinished Sketches are the 'ideas,' which, with Mrs. Caldecott's kind permission, have been reproduced.
H. T.
To My Father,
In Recognition Of What This Booklet Owes To Him,
And To My Nephews,
'Golden-Hair'd' Ally, Charlie, And Michael,
Who Have So Far Condescended
As To Honour It With Their Approbation. ”