Strong Son of God, immortal love

Strong Son of God, immortal love. Alfred Tennyson* (1809-1892). Tennyson wrote In Memoriam A.H.H. over many years, following the tragic death of Arthur Henry Hallam in 1833. It was published in 1850, with a preface, untitled, in the same metre (rhyming ABBA) of 11 stanzas, beginning with this stanza and dated 1849. It was therefore written after the rest of the poem, and marks a change from the grief of the early sections to an acceptance of bereavement and a turning to Christ in faith, ‘believing where we cannot prove’. Most books shorten the poem to make a four-stanza hymn, following EH and using stanzas 1, 3, 4 and 5 of the poem (punctuation from EH): Strong Son of God, immortal Love,...