27 OCTOBER 1917, Page 14

TENNYSON'S RHYMES.

[To THE EDITOR or THE "SPECTATOR.")

Sts,—There can be no doubt as to Tennyson's own pronunciation of " Flores " and " Azores." The present Lord Tennyson in his Tennyson: a Memoir (chap. :six.) tells us that the line "At Flores in the Azor6s Sir Richard Grenville lay" was on his father's desk for years. Tennyson excelled in reading aloud his own poetry, and delighted to give each syllable its full value. The line in question loses much of sonorous effect if the final syllables of the two names are not aounded.—I am, Sir, fic.,