Lady Clara Vere de Vere

Mrs Keene as Lady Clara Vere de Vere. Photographed by Julia Margaret Cameron, 1866

Lady Clara Vere de Vere is an English poem written by Alfred Tennyson, part of his collected Poems published in 1842. The poem is about a lady in a family of aristocrats, and includes numerous references to nobility, such as to earls or coats of arms. One such line from the poem goes, "Kind hearts are more than coronets, and simple faith than Norman blood." This line gave the title to the film Kind Hearts and Coronets. Lewis Carroll's poem Echoes is based on Lady Clare Vere de Vere.

Tennyson spent some time as a guest at Curragh Chase and wrote the poem to show his close friendship with the de Vere family.^[1]

External links

Full text of the poem

References

↑ Joyce, Mannix (1964). Adare and Its Poets (PDF). The Capuchin Annual. p. 330.

Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson

Early poetry	"The Deserted House" "The Lady of Shalott" The Lotos-Eaters Mariana Oenone

Poetry	"Break, Break, Break" "The Charge of the Light Brigade" The Day-Dream "Godiva" Idylls of the King In Memoriam A.H.H. Lady Clara Vere de Vere "Locksley Hall" "Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal" "The Palace of Art" The Princess Sir Galahad St. Simeon Stylites "Tears, Idle Tears" The Two Voices "Ulysses"

Late poetry	"Crossing the Bar" "The Eagle" "Enoch Arden" "Flower in the crannied wall" Maud "Ring Out, Wild Bells" "Tithonus"

Other works	The Foresters (play) The Window (song cycle)

Related	Chapel House, Twickenham Farringford House Blackdown, West Sussex

People	Arthur Hallam (friend) Emily Tennyson (wife) Hallam Tennyson (son) Lionel Tennyson (grandson) Charles Tennyson (grandson) Emilia Tennyson (sister) Charles Tennyson Turner (brother) Frederick Tennyson (brother)

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