in history, "part by part," as theocracy and monarchy give away to the plural, scrappy present. Born only two decades after the French Revolution, Tennyson was aware of how the rush to create a better society could lead to bloodshed. He expresses a more pragmatic view of change: grave, gradual, lasting. Not that Freedom lacks teeth. She grips a trident, its "triple forks" like lightning wrought in iron. "God-like" she rules over nature. "King-like" she rules the ideal state.
from Christopher Nield: The Epoch Times: The Antidote--Classic Poetry for Modern Life: A Reading of 'Of Old Sat Freedom' by Tennyson
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