News at Eleven: Tennyson won the Chancellor's Medallion

as a prize but [Arthur] Hallam, a genial young man, was not jealous. He applauded his acquaintance and even joked that he had helped Tennyson while creating the poem. That was the beginning of a memorable friendship.

The two scholars were quite popular in the college but found principal delight in each other. They would recite and discuss poetry and philosophy for hours on end under the night sky on the Somersby lawns. Hallam and Tennyson had not only similar taste but also disposition. They were subjected to fits of depression, and helped each other to overcome it.

from Zee News: Tennyson's tribute to friendship!

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