The _Princess_, in 1847, increased his reputation.

In 1850, _In Memoriam_ raised him, it was said, above all the poets of his time, and the book was appreciated, read and loved by the greater part of the English-speaking world.

The success and popular fame which now followed were well deserved and wisely borne.

They have endured and will endure.

A host of imitators, who caught his music and his manner, filled the groves and ledges which led up to the peak on which he lived.