in the anticipation of meeting her mother and sister in the world
beyond, the poem concludes:
O sweet and strange it seems to me, that ere this day is done
The voice, that now is speaking, may be beyond the sun--
For ever and for ever with those just souls and true--
And what is life, that we should moan? why make we such ado?
For ever and for ever, all in a blessed home--
And there to wait a little while till you and Effie come--
To lie within the light of God, as I lie upon your breast--
And the wicked cease from troubling, and the weary are at rest.
_May Queen._
QUINCE.
A tree belonging to the same tribe as the apple.
_Balin and Balan._
QUINTUS CALABER.
And read a Grecian tale re-told,
Which cast in later Grecian mould,
Quintus Calaber
Somewhat lazily handled of old;
A poet, who wrote in fourteen books a Greek poem as a continuation of
Homer’s _Iliad_ in the third century.
_To the Master of Balliol._
RABBIT.
A rodent quadruped of the hare family.
_Aylmer’s Field_;
_Queen Mary_;
_Promise of May_.
RACHEL.
Fairer than Rachel by the palmy well,
Has reference to the first meeting of Jacob and Rachel at the well of
Haran. _Genesis xxix._
_Aylmer’s Field._
RAGGED-ROBIN.
A common wild-flower of the campion kind, its petals having a ragged
appearance, hence its name.
_Marriage of Geraint._
RAHAB.
_Pole._ The scarlet thread of Rahab saved her life;
And mine, a little letting of the blood.
Has reference to Rahab who received the spies sent by Joshua to spy out
Jericho.
_Queen Mary._
RALPH.
Sir Ralph, an old knight, who evidently took part in the Crusades.
‘And that was old Sir Ralph’s at Ascalon,’
It was near Ascalon that the Crusaders in 1099 under Godfrey de
Bouillon defeated a superior army sent by the sultan of Egypt to
capture Jerusalem. A statue of Sir Ralph in orange scarf and silken
sash evidently adorned princess Ida’s college, but when prince Arac
and princess Ida were wedded, the knight was disrobed of his feminine
attire, and was seen once more standing in the armour that befitted
his sex and profession.
_The Princess._
RALPH.
Ralph, a knight, and lover of Edith Montfort. He took part in a
tournament, won it, and was crowned by his lady-love, and won the
admiration of his king.
_The Tourney._
RALPH.
RALPH BAGENHALL.
Sir Ralph Bagenhall; the only member of the House of Commons who
protested against reconciliation with Rome in 1556, for which he was
committed to the Tower.
_Queen Mary._
RAM.
= A male sheep.
_Last Tournament._
RANDULF.
_Grim._ And one of the De Brocs is with them, Robert,
The apostate monk that was with Randulf here.
The brother of Robert de Broc.
_Becket._
RAPHAËL.
What fame? I am not Raphaël, Titian--no
Not even a Sir Joshua, some will cry.
The celebrated painter, sculptor and architect.
_Romney’s Remorse._
RAT.
A rodent quadruped of the genus _Mus_.
_The Foresters_;
_Walking to the Mail_;
_Maud_;
_Merlin and Vivien_;
_Pelleas and Ettarre_;
_Owd Roä_;
_Queen Mary_;
_The Falcon_;
_Promise of May_.
RAVEN.
A large bird of the crow family.
_Boädicea_;
_Maud_;
_Guinevere_;
_Rizpah_;
_Battle of Brunanburh_;
_Merlin and the Gleam_;
_Harold_;
_The Foresters_.
RAY (Philip).
_See_ =Enoch, Enoch Arden=.
RAYMOND OF POITOU.
Have we not heard
Raymond of Poitou, thine own uncle--
Raymond I, prince of Antioch.
_Becket._
REDCAP.
A bird of the goldfinch family, having a conical crest of red feathers
on the top of its head.
_Gardener’s Daughter._
REDHATS.
But the King hath bought half the College of Redhats.
= Cardinals.
_Becket._
RED SEA.
An inland sea between Africa and Asia.
_To the Marquis of Dufferin and Ava._
REFORM.
Name of a horse.
_The Brook._
REGGIO.
An Italian seaport.
_The Daisy._
REGINALD.
REGINALD FITZURSE.
Eldest son of Richard Fitzurse and the principal actor in the murder of
Thomas Becket. For some years he resided at Williton in Somerset. After
the murder he escaped with his fellow-murderers to Saltwood castle, and
finally to Knaresborough the home of de Morville, where they remained
for about a year, after which Fitzurse went to Rome to receive sentence
by the pope and was sent to expiate his sins at Jerusalem.
_Becket._
REGINALD POLE.
Cardinal archbishop of Canterbury, son of sir Richard Pole. Appointed
to various benefices by Henry VIII and upon the death of Wolsey refused
the archbishoprick of York. Being attainted of treason he fled to Italy
and settled for some years in Padua; opposed the royal divorce and was
deprived of all his preferments. In 1536 he was summoned to Rome by the
pope who appointed him a cardinal, and sent him to the French king,
Francis I, to stir him to war against England; was one of the legates
sent to open the Council of Trent, 1545. On the accession of Mary he
was appointed papal legate to England, to arrange with queen Mary as
to the best means of bringing the kingdom again in subjection to the
papal see, and upon his arrival in England was created archbishop of
Canterbury. In 1557 his legation was cancelled and he was summoned to
Rome on the charge of heresy, but falling ill, died on the same day as
queen Mary, November 17, 1558, and was buried in St. Thomas’ Chapel,
Canterbury.
_Queen Mary._
RENARD (Simon).
_See_ =Simon, Simon Renard=.
REVEILLÉE.
The beat of drum, or bugle blast, about break of day, to give notice
that it is time for soldiers to rise.
_In Memoriam._
REVENGE, THE.
The ship commanded by sir Richard Grenville (_q.v._) in lord Howard’s
squadron which was attacked by the Spanish fleet off the Azores in
August 1591.
_The Revenge._
RHINE.
The principal river of Germany.
_In Memoriam._
RHODOPE.
The Rhodope, that built the pyramid,
Has reference to Rhodopis, a courtesan of ancient Greece who lived
about 600 +B.C.+ There is a Greek legend that she built the third
pyramid, but in reality it was the work of Nitocris.
A statelier pyramis to her I’ll rear
Than Rhodope’s of Memphis ever was:
Shakespeare: _I Henry VI. Act i. Scene vi._
_The Princess._
RICHARD (the first, Cœur de Lion).
King of England, third son of Henry II. In 1189 took the vow of
a crusader and in the following year proceeded to the East with
Philip Augustus of France, leaving the bishop of Ely to carry on the
government at home. Richard displayed valour against Saladin whom
he defeated near Cæsarea, but having concluded a peace set out for
England. His vessel being shipwrecked on the coast of Italy, he made
his way in disguise through the dominions of his natural enemy Leopold
of Austria, but being recognized was arrested and handed over to the
emperor, Henry VI, who confined him in a castle in the Tyrol, bound
with chains. At length he was ransomed by his subjects for 150,000
marks and arrived in England in 1104. He found his dominions in great
confusion owing to the intrigue of Philip of France and John his
brother, but rapidly made himself master of the castles which held
out for John--who submitted and was pardoned--was in 1194 crowned a
second time. He is supposed about this time to have visited Robin
Hood in Sherwood Forest. On May 12, 1194, he left England and invaded
France with a large army, and while besieging the castle of Chaluz in
Aquitaine was wounded. He died on April 6, 1199, and was buried in the
Abbey Church of Fontevraud.
_The Foresters._
RICHARD (the Third).
King of England, son of Richard, duke of York. On the death of Edward
IV he assumed the title of Protector, and on July 6, 1483, was crowned
king. Shortly afterwards the two princes were murdered in the Tower,
there being strong suspicion that Richard himself was concerned in
their murder. Disgusted with his cruelty and the usurpation of the
crown, Henry, son of Edmund Tudor, who was in Brittany, was invited
to invade England, and landing at Milford Haven marched to Bosworth
in Leicestershire where Richard was defeated and slain, Henry being
crowned king on the field.
_Queen Mary._
RICHARD (de Brito).
_See_ =De Brito=.
RICHARD.
RICHARD GRENVILLE.
A gallant seaman in Elizabeth’s time; took part in the defeat of the
Armada. In 1591, while commanding the _Revenge_, engaged singlehanded
the entire Spanish fleet off the Azores, and, after a desperate fight
of eighteen hours, surrendered and was carried wounded on board the
Spanish flagship San Philip, where he died.
And the stately Spanish men to their flagship bore him then,
Where they laid him by the mast, old Sir Richard caught at last,
And they praised him to his face with their courtly foreign grace;
But he rose upon their decks, and he cried:
‘I have fought for Queen and Faith like a valiant man and true;
I have only done my duty as a man is bound to do:
With a joyful spirit I Sir Richard Grenville die!’
And he fell upon their decks, and he died.
_The Revenge._
RICHARD.
RICHARD LEA.
RICHARD OF THE LEA.
Sir Richard Lea, father of Maid Marian.
_The Foresters._
RICHARD.
That traitor to King Richard and the truth,
Richard II, king of England from 1377 to 1399.
_Sir John Oldcastle, Lord Cobham._
RIDLEY (Nicholas).
Bishop of London; descended from an ancient Northumberland family;
became chaplain to archbishop Cranmer in 1537 and chaplain to king
Henry VIII in 1541. Appointed by Edward VI bishop of Rochester, and
took part in the framing of the _Articles_ and _Homilies_. On the
deprivation of Bonner, bishop of London, Ridley was appointed his
successor. Visited the princess Mary at Hunsdon, but failed to shake
her adherence to the Roman Catholic faith, and consequently signed the
will of Edward VI settling the crown on lady Jane Grey. On Mary’s
accession was deprived and sent to the Tower, thence--with Latimer and
Cranmer--to Oxford, and on refusing to recant was condemned, and with
Latimer (_q.v._) burnt to death opposite Balliol College, Oxford, 1555.
_Queen Mary._
RINGDOVE.
A wood-pigeon, so-called from a white ring on the neck.
_Talking Oak_;
_Queen Mary_.
ROÄ.
Name of a dog.
_Owd Roä._
ROÄVER.
Name of a dog.
_Owd Roä._
ROB.
Name of man and cat.
_Spinster’s Sweet-arts._
ROBBY.
Name of man and cat.
_Spinster’s Sweet-arts._
ROBERT.
Sir Robert, mentioned by Everard Hall, during an entertainment at
Audley Court. Francis Hale, his friend, sang a song; Everard replying
with one also, explaining
I found it in a volume, all of songs.
Knock’d down to me, when old Sir Robert’s pride--
His books--the more the pity, so I said--
Came to the hammer here in March--
Sir Robert was evidently a literary person.
_Audley Court._
ROBERT.
Wedded to Letty Hill, a millionaire’s daughter. She fell in love with
a man who came to spend a holiday near her home, but acting under the
influence of her relatives she forsook him, to marry Sir Robert.
They wedded her to sixty thousand pounds,
To lands in Kent and messuages in York,
And slight Sir Robert with his watery smile
And educated whisker.
_Edwin Morris._
ROBERT.
_Grim._ And one of the De Brocs is with them, Robert,
The apostate monk that was with Randulf here.
Robert de Broc. A monk.
_Becket._
ROBERT.
ROBERT OF JUMIÉGES.
Archbishop of Canterbury, a Norman by birth. Prior of St. Ouen at
Rouen, and in 1037 was appointed Abbot. Accompanied Edward the
Confessor to England in 1043, who appointed him bishop of London in the
following year. Opposed the earl of Godwin with the result that the
earl and his family were driven into exile, but upon Godwin’s return
in 1052 he fled to Walton-on-the-Naze in Essex where he embarked for
Normandy. Being deprived of his See, he went to Rome to lay the matter
before the pope, who ordered his reinstatement, but he did not regain
possession of it. On his return from Rome he went to Jumiéges, where he
died and was buried near the high altar of the Abbey Church.
_Harold._
ROBIN.
Friend and playmate of the ‘May Queen,’ who thinks she is dying, and
bids farewell to her friends, of whom Robin is one.
And say to Robin a kind word, and tell him not to fret;
* * * * *
If I had lived--I cannot tell--I might have been his wife;
_May Queen._
ROBIN.
Subject of a song sung by a milkmaid, beginning
Shame upon you, Robin,
Shame upon you now.
_Queen Mary._
ROBIN.
ROBIN HOOD.
ROBIN OF HUNTINGDON.
A famous outlaw, who, with his companions--the most noted of whom were
Little John, Will Scarlet, Much, the miller’s son, his chaplain, Friar
Tuck, and his paramour Maid Marian--inhabited the forest of Sherwood in
Nottingham. He is identified with Robin, earl of Huntingdon, and was
born at Locksley, Nottingham, in the reign of Henry II.
‘In Locksly town, in merry Nottinghamshire,
In merry sweet Locksly town,
There bold Robin Hood was born and was bred,
Bold Robin of famous renown.’
_Sloane MS._
He was skilled in archery, and his exploits and those of his merry men,
are the subject of many ballads and tales. Robin Hood’s Bay, on the
east coast of Yorkshire, is said to owe its name to the tradition of
Robin Hood, whose arrows shot from the tower of Whitby reached three
miles distant. He robbed the rich only, being particularly fond of
pillaging prelates, whom he seems to have held in decided aversion.
These byshoppes and thyse archebyshoppes
Ye shall them bete and bynde.
He gave freely to the poor, and protected the needy.
The performance of the Morrice Dance, which was so common in the
fourteenth century--and to some degree still extant--has been
associated with Robin Hood’s forest games, and his jovial life in
the green glades of Sherwood, when Robin Hood and Maid Marian and
Friar Tuck were the chief characters, which company also included the
Hobby-horse and the Fool.
The merry pranks he playd, would aske an age to tell,
And the adventures strange that _Robin Hood_ befell,
When _Mansfield_ many a time for _Robin_ hath bin layd,
How he that cosned them, that him would have betrayd;
How often he hath come to _Nottingham_ disguisd,
And cunningly escapt, being set to be surprizd.
In this our spacious Isle, I thinke there is not one,
But he hath heard some talke of him and Little _John_;
And to the end of time, the Tales shall ne’er be done,
Of _Scarlock_, _George a Greene_, and _Much_, the Millers sonne,
Of _Tuck_, the merry Frier, which many a Sermon made,
In praise of _Robin Hood_, his Out-lawes, and their Trade.
Drayton: _Polyolbion. Five and twentieth Song._
He is supposed to have been intentionally bled to death at the age of
eighty-seven in the Cistercian nunnery at Kirklees in Yorkshire, about
the year 1247.
It is said that when Robin perceived the treachery which had been
practised on him, he blew a loud blast on his bugle-horn. The call
reached the ears of Little John, who hastened from the adjoining forest
of Kirklees, and forced his way into the chamber where the dying
chieftain lay, who, according to an old ballad, made the following
request:
Give me my bent bow in my hand,
And a broad arrow I’ll let flee;
And where this arrow is taken up,
There shall my grave digg’d be.
Lay me a green sod under my head,
And another at my feet,
And lay my bent bow by my side,
Which was my music sweet,
And make my grave of gravel and green,
Which is most right and meet.
Let me have length and breadth enough,
With a green sod under my head,
That they may say, when I am dead,
‘Here lies bold Robin Hood.’
These words they readily promised him,
Which did bold Robin please,
And there they buried bold Robin Hood,
Near to the fair Kirkleys.
The bow being placed in his hand by Little John, Robin discharged
it through the open window, and the arrow alighted on a spot where
according to tradition he was afterwards interred. On a stone within
the railings surrounding the grave is the following inscription:
‘Hear Underneath dis laitl stean
Laz Robert earl of Huntingtun
Ne’er arcir ver az his sa geud
An pipl kauld im Robin Heud
Sick utlawz as hi an iz men
Vil England nivr si agen
Obiit 24 Kal Dekembris 1247.’
Robin Hood has been made the hero of many tales and adventures by
romancers and poets. The first historical allusion is found in _Piers
Ploughman_, by William Langland, which, according to Skeat, cannot
be older than about 1377. In 1420 Wyntown published his _Scottish
Chronicle_, and at the commencement of the sixteenth century he is
mentioned in Mair’s _History of Great Britain_. After the introduction
of the art of printing in England by Caxton in 1477, there appeared
a collection of Robin Hood Ballads entitled _Here beginneth a
little geste of Robin Hood and his meiny: and of the proud Sheriff
of Nottingham_, and towards the end of the same century a play by
Anthony Munday, _The Downfall of Robert, Earl of Huntingdon_, made
its appearance. Reference is also made to him in Michael Drayton’s
_Polyolbion, Song_ XXV _Lincolnshire_, published about 1622. In 1821
Joseph Ritson published his _Robin Hood Ballads_, and some years
afterwards appeared Campbell’s _A Historical Sketch of Robin Hood_.
_The Foresters._
ROBIN.
Robin-redbreast, a bird with a reddish breast.
_Locksley Hall_;
_Enoch Arden_.
ROBINS.
A farm hand mentioned by an old farmer, who was fast failing, though he
refused to believe so, as he had so much work to do. He said that God
‘a mowt ’a taäen young Robins--a niver mended a fence:
_Northern Farmer, Old Style._
ROCHESTER.
A city and seaport in Kent.
_Queen Mary._
ROGER.
A servant.
_Queen Mary._
ROGER.
ROGER OF YORK.
Archbishop of York. With Becket was brought up at the court of
Theobald, archbishop of Canterbury. In 1148 he was made archdeacon of
Canterbury, and six years later was created archbishop of York. On
the election of Becket, Roger claimed the right of consecrating him,
but his claim was rejected. He however obtained the pope’s authority
to crown kings, which right was--upon Becket protesting--withdrawn.
In 1170 he performed--in spite of Becket’s remonstrances and the
prohibition of pope Alexander III--the coronation ceremony of Henry
II’s son. Roger was suspended, and upon Becket’s return from exile
crossed over to Normandy and complained to Henry that there would be
no peace so long as Becket remained alive. Some authorities consider
that he was mainly responsible for the murder of the archbishop, for
after the murder he took an oath before the archbishop of Rouen that
he was innocent of the charge, and confessed that he had not received
permission from the pope to crown Henry’s son king, and was accordingly
absolved. Obtained permission to carry his cross within the province
of Canterbury, and at the council of Northampton in 1176 urged that the
Scottish Church should be made subordinate to the See of York; which
claim pope Alexander III recognized in 1180. He died in 1181 and was
buried in York Minster.
_Becket._
ROGER ACTON.
Burnt--good Sir Roger Acton, my dear friend!
A Shropshire knight, executed for taking part in Oldcastle’s
insurrection, 1414.
_Sir John Oldcastle, Lord Cobham._
ROGERS (John).
The first Marian martyr, was born at Birmingham. Was rector of Holy
Trinity Church, London, 1532-34, after which he lived for some years
at Antwerp, where he became intimate with Tyndale, and became a
convert to Protestantism; published at Antwerp in 1637 what is known
as _Matthew’s Bible_. Returned to England in 1548, and was appointed
rector of St. Margaret’s Moyses, London, and vicar of St. Sepulchre’s,
London. In 1555, upon the accession of Mary, he preached at St. Paul’s
Cross against Romanism; was deprived of his benefice, and imprisoned in
Newgate; and after a long term of imprisonment was sentenced to death
for heresy and burnt at Smithfield, February 1555.
_Queen Mary._
ROLF.
A Ponthieu fisherman.
_Harold._
ROME.
_Lucretius_;
_The Princess_;
_Boädicea_;
_Maud_;
_Coming of Arthur_;
_Gareth and Lynette_;
_Passing of Arthur_;
_Columbus_;
_Locksley Hall Sixty Years After_;
_To Virgil_;
_Freedom_;
_The Ring_;
_Romney’s Remorse_;
_St. Telemachus_;
_The Dawn_;
_Queen Mary_;
_Harold_;
_Becket_;
_The Cup_.
RONALD (LORD).
Betrothed to lady Clare. On the eve of his marriage he was told by the
lady that he was the heir to all her lands, as she was not the daughter
of the late earl, but,
I am a beggar born,’ she said,
‘And not the Lady Clare.’
Lord Ronald laugh’d ‘a laugh of merry scorn,’ and assured her that even
if she were not the heiress-born, on her marriage on the morrow she
would still be lady Clare.
_Lady Clare._
ROOD.
_See_ =Holy Rood=.
ROOK.
A species of crow, so called from its croak. It is black, with purple
and violet reflections.
_May Queen_;
_In Memoriam_;
_Marriage of Geraint_;
_The Ring_.
ROSA.
_See_ =Monte Rosa=.
ROSALIND.
The subject of a mournful song by a man in a depressed mood. He says
‘that Hesperus all things bringeth, soothing the wearied mind:’ that
Hesper comes in the morning, but his Rosalind cometh not morning nor
evening. He concludes by saying:
False-eyed Hesper, unkind, where is my sweet Rosalind?
_Leonine Elegiacs._
ROSALIND.
The writer likens a girl--Rosalind--to a bright-eyed falcon. She is a
very high-spirited girl, untamed, and also untameable.
_Rosalind._
ROSALIND.
Lo, the face again,
My Rosalind in this Arden--Edith--all
One bloom of youth, health, beauty, happiness,
The charming daughter of the banished duke in Shakespeare’s _As You
Like it_. Dressed in male attire and accompanied by her cousin Celia,
she seeks her exiled father in the forest of Arden.
_Sisters (Evelyn and Edith)._
ROSAMUND.
ROSAMUND DE CLIFFORD.
Jane Clifford, ‘Rosamund the Fair,’ daughter of Walter, lord Clifford,
and mistress of Henry II. She is supposed to have been a nun in Godstow
nunnery, where Henry met her; and to keep her from the eyes of queen
Eleanor kept her in a bower of Woodstock, which was surrounded by a
labyrinth. Here she was, by a silken thread, supposed to have been
discovered and poisoned by queen Eleanor, +A.D.+ 1177.
But nothing could this furious queen
Therewith appeased bee:
The cup of deadlye poyson stronge
As she knelt on her knee,
She gave this comelye dame to drinke;
Who took it in her hand,
And from her bended knee arose,
And on her feet did stand.
And casting up her eyes to heaven,
She did for mercye calle;
And drinking up the poyson stronge,
Her life she lost withalle.
Her body was buried in the chapel of Godstow nunnery, where candles
were kept continually burning over her tomb until the bishop of Lincoln
in 1191 caused them to be removed.
_Dream of Fair Women_;
_Becket_.
ROSE.
The daughter of a gardener who was loved by an artist. The latter gives
an elaborate description of her in her youth. In conclusion he says
Behold her there,
As I beheld her ere she knew my heart,
My first, last love; the idol of my youth,
The darling of my manhood,
_Gardener’s Daughter._
ROSE.
Rose, on this terrace fifty years ago,
When I was in my June, you in your May,
Two words ‘_My_ Rose’ set all your face aglow
And now that I am white, and you are gray.
Sister of Mary Boyle.
_Roses on the Terrace._
ROSE.
ROSETREE.
A fragrant flower and shrub of the genus _Rosa_ of many species and
varieties. It is the favourite of poets and the national emblem of
England.
_Ode to Memory_;
_A Spirit Haunts_;
_A Dirge_;
_Adeline_;
_Two Voices_;
_Œnone_;
_Palace of Art_;
_Lotos-Eaters_;
_Gardener’s Daughter_;
_Day-Dream_;
_Lady Clare_;
_Vision of Sin_;
_Enoch Arden_;
_Aylmer’s Field_;
_Lucretius_;
_The Princess_;
_City Child_;
_Hendecasyllabics_;
_The Window_;
_In Memoriam_;
_Maud_;
_Geraint and Enid_;
_Balin and Balan_;
_Merlin and Vivien_;
_Holy Grail_;
_Pelleas and Ettarre_;
_Lover’s Tale_;
_Sir John Oldcastle, Lord Cobham_;
_Voyage of Maeldune_;
_The Wreck_;
_Ancient Sage_;
_Tomorrow_;
_Locksley Hall Sixty Years After_;
_On the Jubilee of Queen Victoria_;
_Vastness_;
_The Ring_;
_Happy_;
_Romney’s Remorse_;
_Roses on the Terrace_;
_The Snowdrop_;
_Akbar’s Dream_;
_Queen Mary_;
_Harold_;
_Becket_;
_Promise of May_;
_The Foresters_.
ROSE-CAMPION.
A garden plant with handsome crimson flowers.
_Last Tournament._
ROSE-CARNATION.
A carnation striped with rose colour.
_In Memoriam._
ROSEMARY.
A small fragrant evergreen shrub of a pungent taste growing in the
countries round the Mediterranean. It is used as an emblem of fidelity
or constancy.
There’s rosemary, that’s for remembrance;
Shakespeare: _Hamlet, Act IV. Scene v._
_Gareth and Lynette._
ROSE OF LANCASTER.