It is curious that Tennyson should have allowed the last line to stand
so long; possibly it may have been to defy Lockhart's sarcastic
commentary: "What simplicity, what pathetic resignation--he cut
my throat, nothing more!
so long; possibly it may have been to defy Lockhart's sarcastic
commentary: "What simplicity, what pathetic resignation--he cut
my throat, nothing more!
Tennyson