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JACK AND THE BEAN-STALK
JACK
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THE BEAN-STALK
ENGLISH HEXAMETERS
BY
HALLAM TENNYSON ILLUSTRATED BY RANDOLPH CALDECOTT
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PREFACE
IN his last letter to me Caldecott wrote : ' I have been making several attempts at the Giant, and have been cogitating over the Illustrations to "Jack" generally. During the winter I shall be able to show you some of my ideas.'
The following unfinished Sketches are the ' ideas,' which, with Mrs. Caldecott's kind per- mission, have been reproduced.
H. T.
TO MY FATHER, IN RECOGNITION OF WHAT THIS BOOKLET OWES TO HIM,
AND TO MY NEPHEWS, ' GOLDEN -HAIR'D' ALLY, CHARLIE, AND MICHAEL,
WHO HAVE SO FAR CONDESCENDED AS TO HONOUR IT WITH THEIR APPROBATION.
JACK AND THE BEAN-STALK
JACK was a poor widow's heir, but he lived as a drone
in a beehive, Hardly a handstir a day did he work. To squander her
earnings Seem'd to the poor widow hard, who raved and scolded
him always. Nought in her house was left ; not a cheese, not a loaf,
not an onion ; Nought but a cow in her yard, and that must go to the
market. " Sell me the cow," cried she ; then he sold it, gad ! for a
handful — Only to think !— —of beans. She shied them out thro'
the window, Cursing him : hied to her bed, there slept, but awoke in
amazement,
JACK AND THE BEAN-STALK
Seeing a huge bean-stalk, many leaves, many pods, many
flowers,
Rise to the clouds more tall than a tall California pine- tree ; High as a lark was Jack, scarce seen, and climbing away
there. " Where an' O where," "" he shrill'd ; she beheld his boots
disappearing ; Pod by pod Jack arose, till he came to a pod that alarm'd
him. Bridge-like this long pod stretch'd out, and touch'd on an
island Veil'd in vapour. A shape from the island waved him a
signal, Waved with a shining hand, and Jack with an humble
obeisance Crawl'd to the shape, who remark'd, " I gave those beans
to ye, darling.
I am a fairy, a friend to ye, Jack ; see yonder a Giant Lives, who slew your own good father, see what a fortress ! Enter it, have no fear, since I, your fairy, protect you." Jack march'd up to the gate, in a moment pass'd to the
kitchen
* " Where an' O where is my Highland laddie gone?"
JACK AND THE BEAN-STALK
Led by the savoury smell. This Giant's wife with a ladle Basted a young elephant (Jack's namesake shriek'd and
turn'd it).
Back Jack shrank in alarm : with fat cheeks peony-bulbous, Ladle in hand, she stood, and spake in a tone of amuse- ment :
" Oh ! what a cramp'd-up, small, unsesquipedalian object !" Then from afar came steps, heavy tramps, as a pavior
hamm'ring ;
Out of her huge moon-cheeks the redundant peony faded, Jack's lank hair she grabb'd, and, looking sad resolution, Popt him aghast in among her saucepans' grimy recesses. Then strode in, with a loud heavy-booted thunder of heel- taps,
He with a tiger at heel — her Giant, swarthy, colossal : " I smell flesh of a man ; yea, wife, tho' he prove but a
morsel, Man tastes good." She replied, " Sure thou be'est failing
in eyesight ;
'Tis but a young elephant, my sweetest lord, not a biped." Down he crook'd his monstrous knees, and rested his hip- bones,
Call'd for his hen, said " Lay ;" so she, with a chuck cock- a-doodle,
JACK AND THE BEAN-STALK
Dropt him an egg, pure gold, a refulgent, luminous oval, —
That was her use : — when he push'd her aside, cried, " Bring me the meat now,"
Gorged his enormous meal, fell prone, and lost recollection.
Jack from a saucepan watch'd his broad chest's monstrous upheavals :
Then to the chamber above both dame and tiger ascended.
" Now for it, hist!" says Jack — "coast clear, and -none to behold me,"
Airily Jack stole forth, and seized the plump, money- laying,
Priceless, mystical hen ; ran forth, sped away to the bean- stalk,
Heard from afar, then near, heavy tramps, as a pavior hamm'ring,
Sprang down pod by pod, with a bounding, grasshopper action,
Left the Colossus aghast at an edge of his own little island,
Lighted on earth, whom she, that bare him, fondly saluting,
Dropt a maternal tear, and dried that tear with her apron,
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JACK AND THE BEAN-STALK
Seeing him home and safe ; and after it, all was a hey-day,
Lots of loaves, and tons of cheeses, a barnful of onions ;
Cows and calves, and creams, and gold eggs, piled to the ceilings :
Horses, goats, and geese, and pigs, and pugs by the hundred.
Ah ! but he found in a while his life of laziness irk- some.
" Climb me," the bean-stalk said with a whisper. Jack, reascending,
Swarm'd to the wonderful isle once more, and high habitation ;
Led by the fairy return'd to the fortress, pass'd to the kitchen,
Unseen, hied him again to the saucepans' grimy recesses,
Peep'd out into the room. The plump wife, peony- bulbous,
Toasted a constrictor, which roll'd in vast revolutions.
Then strode in, strong-booted again, with a roar, the Colossus :
Call'd for his harp, said " Play." So this, with a sharp treble ting-tong,
Play'd him an air, a delightful, long-drawn, national anthem,
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JACK AND THE BEAN-STALK
Play'd him an air, untouch'd, (the strings, by a fairy magician
Wrought, were alive). Then he shouted aloud, " Wife, bring me the meat now,"
Gorged his elongate meal ; the snake in warm revolutions,
Making his huge bulk swell, disappear'd like Man's macaroni :
After, he yawn'd and snored, fell prone, and lost recol- lection.
So Jack seized the melodious harp, and bolted. A murmur
"Master, master, a rascal, a rascal !" rang thro' the harp- strings.
Quickly the monster awoke, and wielding a cudgel, — an oak tree, —
Chased little Jack with a shout of mighty, maniacal anger ;
Jack to the beanpod sprang with a leap, and desperate hurl'd his
Limbs in a downward, furious, headlong pre-cipitation,
But for a wink up-glanced ; his foeman's ponderous hob-nails
Shone from aloft : down rush'd big pods, and bean avalanches.
JACK AND THE BEAN-STALK
" Haste mother, haste mother, oh ! mother, haste, and
bring me the hatchet !" Cried Jack, alighting on earth. She brought him an
axe double-handed. Jack cleft clean thro' the haulm ; that Giant desperate
hurl'd his
Limbs in a downward, roaring, thund'ring pre-cipitation, Crash'd to the ground stone-dead with a crash as a crag
from a mountain. " I'm your master now," said Jack to the harp at his
elbow ; " There's your old 'un ! of him pray give your candid
opinion !" Sweetly the mystical harp responded, " Master, a rascal !"
JACK AND THE BEAN-STALK
Jack was a poor widow's heir, but he lived as a drone in
a beehive, Hardly a handstir a day did he work. To squander her
earnings Seem'd to the poor widow hard, who raved and scolded
him always.
"JACK."
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Nought in her house was left ; not a cheese, not a loaf,
not an onion ; Nought but a cow in her yard, and that must go to the
market. " Sell me the cow," cried she ; then he sold it, gad ! for
a handful
Only to think ! of beans.
She shied them out thro' the window, Cursing him : hied to her bed, there slept, but awoke in
amazement,
Seeing a huge bean-stalk, many leaves, many pods, main- flowers,
Pod by pod Jack arose, till he came to a pod that alarm'd
him. Bridge-like this long pod stretch'd out, and touch'd on
an island Veil'd in vapour.
'I AM A FAIRY.
A shape from the island waved him a signal, Waved with a shining hand, and Jack with an humble
obeisance Crawl'd to the shape, who remark'd, " I gave those beans
to ye, darling. I am a fairy, a friend to ye, Jack ;
See yonder a Giant Lives, who slew your own good father, see what a
fortress !
Enter it, have no fear, since I, your fairy, protect you." Jack march'd up to the gate,
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Iii a moment pass'd to the kitchen
Led by the savoury smell. This Giant's wife with a ladle
Basted a young elephant (Jack's namesake shriek'd and turn'd it).
Back Jack shrank in alarm : with fat cheeks peony- bulbous,
Ladle in hand, she stood, and spake in a tone of amuse- ment :
"Oh! what a cramp'd-up, small, unsesquipedalian object!"
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Then from afar came steps, heavy tramps, as a pavior
hamm'ring ;
Out of her huge moon-cheeks the redundant peony faded, Jack's lank hair she grabb'd, and, looking sad resolution, Popt him aghast in among her saucepans' grimy
recesses. Then strode in, with a loud heavy-booted thunder of
heel-taps, He with a tiger at heel — her Giant, swarthy, colossal :
1 HER GIANT.
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' HE WITH A TIGER.
" I smell flesh of a man ; yea, wife, tho' he prove but a
morsel, Man tastes good."
She replied, " Sure thou be'est failing in eyesight ; Tis but a young elephant, my sweetest lord, not a biped." Down he crook'd his monstrous knees, and rested his hip- bones,
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Call'd for his hen, said, " Lay ;" so she, with a chuck cock-
a-doodle,
Dropt him an egg, pure gold, a refulgent, luminous oval,— That was her use : — when he push'd her aside, cried,
" Bring me the meat now," Gorged his enormous meal, fell prone, and lost recollection.
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Jack from a saucepan watch'd his broad chest's monstrous upheavals :
Then to the chamber above both dame and tiger ascended.
" Now for it, hist !" says Jack — " coast clear, and none to behold me,"
Airily Jack stole forth, and seized the plump, money- laying,
Priceless, mystical hen ;
•HIS BROAD CHESTS MONSTROUS UPHEAVALS.
Ran forth, sped away to the bean-stalk,
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Heard from afar, then near, heavy tramps, as a pavior hamm'ring,
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'THEN NEAR.
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Sprang down pod by pod,
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With a bounding, grasshopper action, Left the Colossus aghast at an edge of his own little island,
Lighted on earth, whom she, that bare him, fondly saluting, Dropt a maternal tear, and dried that tear with her
apron, Seeing him home and safe ; and after it, all was a hey-day,
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Lots of loaves, and tons of cheeses, a barnful of onions ; Cows and calves, and creams, and gold eggs piled to the
ceilings : Horses,
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Goats,
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And geese,
And pigs,
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And pugs by the hundred.
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" IDLE JACK."
Ah ! but he found in a while his life of laziness irksome.
" Climb me," the bean-stalk said with a whisper. Jack, reascending,
Swarm'd to the wonderful isle once more, and high habitation ;
Led by the fairy return'd to the fortress, pass'd to the kitchen,
Unseen, hied him again to the saucepans' grimy recesses,
Peep'd out into the room. The plump wife, peony- bulbous,
Toasted a constrictor, which roll'd in vast revolutions.
Then strode in, strong-booted again, with a roar, the
Colossus : Call'd for his harp, said " Play."
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So this, with a sharp treble ting-tong, Play'd him an air, a delightful, long-drawn, national
anthem, Play'd him an air, untouch'd, (the strings, by a fairy
magician Wrought, were alive).
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Then he shouted aloud, " Wife,
bring me the meat now,"
Gorged his elongate meal ; the snake in warm revolutions, Making his huge bulk swell, disappear'd like Man's
macaroni :
After, he yawn'd and snored, fell prone, and lost recollection.
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So Jack seized the melodious harp,
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And bolted. A murmur
" Master, master, a rascal, a rascal ! " rang thro' the harp- strings. Quickly the monster awoke, and wielding a cudgel, —
an oak tree, — Chased little Jack
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With a shout of mighty, maniacal anger ;
Jack to the beanpod sprang with a leap, and desperate
hurl'd his
Limbs in a downward, furious, headlong pre-cipitation, But for a wink up-glanced ; his foeman's ponderous
hob-nails Shone from aloft :
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Down rush'd big pods, and bean
avalanches. " Haste mother, haste mother, oh ! mother, haste, and
bring me the hatchet ! " Cried Jack, alighting on earth. She brought him an
axe double-handed. Jack cleft clean thro' the haulm ; that Giant desperate
hurl'd his Limbs in a downward, roaring, thund'ring pre-cipitation,
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Crash'd to the ground stone-dead, with a crash as a crag
from a mountain. " I'm your master now," said Jack to the harp at his
elbow ; " There's your old 'un ! of him pray give your candid
opinion !" Sweetly the mystical harp responded, " Master, a rascal !"
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