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Such morbidity could thus be seen as something other than a uniquely personal weakness or shame; moreover it could be alleviated and humanized by friendship. It is easy to be misled by some of the metaphors which Tennyson was to use in mourning Hallam in In Memoriam, into thinking that it was a relationship in which Hallam gave and Tennyson was more blessed to receive. But Tennyson too was blessedly able to give. " Whereas the despondency of Dr. Tennyson had apparently been inaccessible to anything that his son might try to do for him, the despondency of Hallam could be soothed and might even be healed by their deep friendship-and likewise Tennyson's despondency in the loving mutuality.
It is a great consolation to us, however, that he is free from all suffering and perfectly mild and tranquil, seeming not to interest himself in anything that passes, which is the effect of pressure on the brain: the strength of his constitution has enabled him to resist his complaint a fortnight longer than his physician expected, during which period we have had many fluctuations of hope and fear: at one time we almost ventured to be confident that he would be restored to us: but that is all over now.
Hallam yielded, but his printed Poems were privately circulated from May 1830. He wrote with some sadness to Mrs. Tennyson: As I have at last the pleasure of sending to Alfred his long-expected book, I take this opportunity of begging that you will accept from me a copy of some poems, which I originally intended to have published in the same volume. To this joint publication, as a sort of seal of our friendship, I had long looked forward with a delight which, I believe, was no-way selfish. But there are reasons which have obliged me to change my intention, and withdraw my own share of the work from the press.