She was an orphan, her father having been killed in battle, and her
mother had died upon his corpse on the battlefield. She went to queen
Guinevere to ask protection and the queen took her as one of her
maids, where she tried without success to seduce the blameless king.
With Merlin (_q.v._) she had better success, for under pretence of
great devotion, she followed him to the wild woods of Broceliande in
Brittany.
A storm was coming, but the winds were still,
And in the wild woods of Broceliande,
Before an oak, so hollow, huge and old
It look’d a tower of ivied masonwork
At Merlin’s feet the wily Vivien lay.
Being pestered with her he confided to her the secret of his magic
power, whereupon she confined him in a hollow tower from which there
was no escape.
And then she follow’d Merlin all the way,
Ev’n to the wild woods of Broceliande.
For Merlin once had told her of a charm,
The which if any wrought on any one
With woven paces and with waving arms,
The man so wrought on ever seem’d to lie
Closed in the four walls of a hollow tower,
From which was no escape for evermore;
_Balin and Balan_;
_Merlin and Vivien_;
_Guinevere_.
VOLTIGEUR.
Name of a horse.
_Promise of May._
VULCAN.
In Italian mythology the god of fire, and of the art of forging,
identified with the Greek Hephæstus. A temple was built in his honour
at Rome, and he is supposed to have had a forge under mount Etna where
he manufactured thunderbolts.
_The Princess._
VULTURE.
A rapacious bird of prey of the genus _Vultur_, feeding largely on
carrion.
_You might have won_;
_The Princess_.
WALES.
_Golden Year_;
_Coming of Arthur_;
_Sir John Oldcastle, Lord Cobham_;
_Harold_.
WALHALLA.
In Scandinavian mythology the Hall of the Slain; the name of the
residence for brave warriors slain in battle where they were conveyed
by the warrior nymphs, the Valkyries (_q.v._).
_Harold._
WALNUT.
A tree and its fruit of the genus _Jugians_.
_Miller’s Daughter_;
_The Cup_.
WALTER.
Married Miriam Erne, cousin of Muriel Erne. Before they were married
Walter gave Miriam a ring supposed to be possessed with magic power.
then I bad the man engrave
‘From Walter’ on the ring, and send it.
_The Ring._
WALTER.
The lover of Olivia, and to whom the oak-tree supposed to be gifted
with speech gave an account of the doings of Olivia during his absence.
In return for the information given he vowed that Olivia should wear on
her wedding day a wreath of alternate leaf and acorn ball.
_Talking Oak._
WALTER.
WALTER LEA.
Son of sir Richard Lea, and brother of Maid Marian.
_The Foresters._
WALTER.
WALTER VIVIAN.
_See_ =Vivian=.
WALTER MAP.
A twelfth century writer, probably born in Herefordshire. Was an
intimate friend of archbishop Becket. After studying at the University
of Paris, entered the service of Henry II, and acted as chaplain to the
king during the wars brought about by the rebellion of Henry’s sons.
Represented Henry at the court of Louis VII and attended the council at
the Lateran at Rome in 1179.
For some time was parson at Westbury, where he came in conflict with
the monks of the neighbouring Cistercian monastery. Canon of St.
Paul’s and Chancellor of Lincoln, and in 1197 was appointed archdeacon
of Oxford. He was the author of _Latin Satirical Poems_ against the
priesthood.
_Becket._
WALTHAM.
the Holy Rood
That bow’d to me at Waltham--
Waltham Holy Cross was founded by Tovi, standard-bearer to king Canute,
and finished by king Harold in 1060. Gasquet in his _Greater Abbeys of
England_ says:
The first foundation at Waltham, and indeed the adoption of the name
of ‘Holy Cross’ as the dedication, was brought about, according to
legend, in a mysterious manner. In the reign of king Canute a pious
smith, so runs the story, received a supernatural intimation that he
would find a crucifix buried on the hill at Montacute, in Somerset.
The parish priest was consulted and thought the matter should be
examined into at once. At the head of a procession, praying and
singing the Litanies, this priest accompanied the smith to the spot
which had been pointed out to him in his dream and which, when
on the ground, he fully recognized. Here, after much digging, the
searchers came upon a wonderful crucifix carved in black marble.
The discovery naturally made a great impression at the time, and
indeed, the fact suggested the war cry of the English at the battle
of Senlac: ‘Holy Cross, out, out!’ The lord of the manor of Montacute
at the time of the discovery was named Tovi, a well-known soldier who
was standard-bearer to king Canute. By his direction the crucifix
was placed on an ornamented car, to which were harnessed twelve red
oxen and twelve white cows, and the ultimate destination was left to
their instincts, guided, of course, by Providence. The spot at which
they ultimately stopped, and which was thus pointed out by fate as
the place where the cross was to remain, was Waltham.... Here Tovi,
with the king’s help, established two priests to act as guardians of
the crucifix thus so strangely found at Montacute and providentially
brought to Waltham. From the first this cross was believed to possess
miraculous powers, and amongst other favours thought to have been
obtained at its shrine was the cure of Harold, son of earl Godwin,
from the palsy.
On his way to the battle of Senlac Harold came to Waltham to pay a
visit to the shrine and offer up his devotions at the great Cross. His
body, found on the field of battle, was by William ordered to be buried
there, but at the request of his mother was transferred to Waltham and
buried in the Abbey.
_Harold._
WALWORTH.
_Queen Mary._
WANSTEAD.
A town in Essex.
_Queen Mary._
WARD.
Farewell, whose living like I shall not find,
Whose Faith and Work were bells of full accord,
My friend, the most unworldly of mankind,
Most generous of all Ultramontanes, Ward,
William George Ward, to whom the poem is dedicated. A zealous advocate
of the Tractarian movement, he carried it out in principle by joining
in 1845 the Roman Catholic Church (1812-1882).
_In Memoriam, William George Ward._
WAR-HAWK.
_Battle of Brunanburh._
WASP.
A hymenopterous insect of the genus _Vespa_ whose sting is very painful.
_The Princess._
WATERFLAG.
Reeds, with long leaves, that wave like flags in the wind.
_Morte d’Arthur_;
_Passing of Arthur_.
WATERFOWL.
A bird that frequents the water.
_Merlin and Vivien._
WATER-GATE.
Storm at the Water-gate! storm at the Bailey-gate! storm,
_Defence of Lucknow._
WATER-GNAT.
An insect whose early stages are passed in ponds, ditches, and shallow
pools.
_Leonine Elegiacs._
WATER-LILY.
A plant of the genus _Nymphæa_, with large floating leaves and
beautiful flowers.
_Lady of Shalott_;
_The Princess_.
WATERLOO.
= Battle of Waterloo.
_Will Waterproof’s Lyrical Monologue_;
_Ode on the Death of the Duke of Wellington_;
_Sisters (Evelyn and Edith)_.
WAYFARING-TREE.
A European shrub having large ovate leaves and small white flowers.
_Sir John Oldcastle, Lord Cobham._
WEASEL.
A small quadruped of the genus _Mustela_ which feeds on birds and mice.
_Aylmer’s Field_;
_The Princess_;
_Gareth and Lynette_;
_Promise of May_.
WEEDY SEAS.
= the Sargasso Sea, where masses of seaweed accumulate.
_Columbus._
WELLS (Dean of).
_Queen Mary._
WESSEX.
The kingdom of the West Saxons.
_Harold._
WESTMINSTER (City of).
_Harold_;
_Becket_.
WESTMINSTER (Bishop of).
_See_ =Thirlby=.
WEST-SAXON-LAND.
Also the brethren,
King and Atheling,
Each in his glory,
Went to his own in his own West-Saxon-land,
Glad of the war.
_Battle of Brunanburh._
WHALE.
A mammal of the order _Cetacea_, hunted chiefly for its oil and
whalebone.
_Harold._
WHARTON (Lady Anne).
_See_ =Anne, Anne Wharton=.
WHITE (Sir Thomas).
_See_ =Thomas White=.
WHITE HORSE.
and as now
Men weed the white horse on the Berkshire hills
To keep him bright and clean as heretofore,
_See_ =Berkshire=.
_Geraint and Enid._
WHITE ROSE.
Name of a horse.
_The Brook._
WHITETHORN.
= the hawthorn.
_Queen Mary._
WICKENTREE.
= the mountain-ash or rowan-tree.
_The Foresters._
WICLIF.
John Wiclif, the ‘morning star of the Reformation.’ In 1361 appointed
Master of Balliol College and four years afterwards was made Warden of
Canterbury hall by archbishop Islip, but deprived by Islip’s successor
Stephen Langton at the instigation of the monks, who were angry with
him for exposing their corrupt lives. In 1374 he was preferred by the
crown to the rectory of Lutterworth, and for openly preaching against
the corruption of the Roman Church pope Gregory XI issued several bulls
charging him with heresy and he was summoned to appear at St. Paul’s
by the bishop of London, where he made such an able defence of himself
that the council broke up without coming to a decision. The pope,
however, issued a series of bulls to the bishops bidding them to arrest
and imprison Wiclif, with a consequence that he was ordered to appear
before a synod in the archbishop’s palace at Lambeth, which synod was
prohibited by an order from the king’s mother. At this time the Roman
Church was shaken by the election of a second pope, and Wiclif, taking
advantage, struck at the constitution of the Roman Church and denounced
in vigorous language its corruptness. He translated the Bible;
organized a body of poor priests who went through the country preaching
and spreading his doctrines. In 1380 he declared against the doctrine
of transubstantiation, but his theses were condemned by a convocation
at Oxford, who forbade him to teach them in the university. Two years
later archbishop Courtenay condemned his opinions and his followers
were arrested and compelled to recant. Wiclif withdrew to Lutterworth,
where in spite of a stroke of paralysis he continued his literary
activity. He died on December 31, 1384, and in 1428 his bones were dug
up and burned, and his ashes thrown into the river Swift, close by the
town where he had laboured so long (1320-1384).
_Sir John Oldcastle, Lord Cobham._
WILD-SWAN.
A large bird, measuring five feet in length and eight across its
expanded wings. These birds fly in a wedgelike figure, following the
course set them by their ‘leader.’
The leader wild-swan in among the stars
Would clang it,
_Poet’s Song_;
_The Princess_.
WILDWEED-FLOWER.
_Day-Dream._
WILD WILL.
Name of a horse.
_The Brook._
WILLER.
= the willow.
_Promise of May._
WILLIAM.
With farmer Allan at the farm abode
William and Dora.
Son of farmer Allan.
_Dora._
WILLIAM.
WILLIAM HOWARD.
Eldest son of Thomas Howard, second duke of Norfolk; governor of Calais
1552-53; and lord high admiral 1554-73; was created a peer for his
defence of London against sir Thomas Wyatt in 1554.
_Queen Mary._
WILLIAM THE FIRST.
WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR.
King of England, son of Robert I, duke of Normandy, whom he succeeded
in 1035. In 1051 he visited the English Court, and received from Edward
the Confessor a promise that he should succeed him as king, and in
1064, during earl Harold’s visit to the French Court he made him swear
to help him to gain the English crown. On the death of Edward the
Confessor Harold was proclaimed king, and in September 1066 William
invaded England, and in the following month of the same year defeated
Harold at the battle of Senlac, marched to London and was crowned in
Westminster Abbey on December 25, 1066. He ruled with great tyranny,
in consequence of which several insurrections took place, which were
not quelled until William had devastated various parts of the country
with fire and sword. He instituted the curfew and made a survey of
all the lands in the kingdom known as the Domesday Book. In 1070 an
insurrection broke out in the Isle of Ely under the leadership of
Hereward the Wake. Eight years later he built the Tower of London,
and having entered upon a war with Philip of France, he attacked and
burned in 1087 the city of Mantes. As he rode through the burning town
his horse stumbled, and he received an injury from which he died on
September 9 of the same year. He was buried at Caen.
_Queen Mary_;
_Becket_;
_Harold_.
WILLIAM OF ORANGE.
A member of the noble house of Nassau, who inherited from his cousin
the principality of Orange. Owing to the persecution of Protestants
in the Netherlands took up arms in defence of his country’s freedom
against the tyranny of Philip of Spain, and did not rest until he had
freed it from the Spanish yoke. In 1580 Philip issued a ban against
him, and set a price of 25,000 gold crowns upon his head, and on July
10 he was assassinated in his house at Delft by Balthazar Gerard
(1533-1584).
_Queen Mary._
WILLIAMS (Lord, of Thame).
Whereat Lord Williams gave a sudden cry:
‘Make short! make short!’ and so they lit the wood.
Son of sir John Williams. On the death of Edward VI he became a
supporter of Mary’s cause, proclaimed her at Oxford, and raised some
six thousand men in Northamptonshire to support her cause. He had
the custody of the princess Elizabeth at Woodstock, until she was
transferred to the keeping of sir Henry Bedingfield. As Sheriff of
Oxfordshire he conveyed Cranmer, Latimer and Ridley to Oxford to await
their trial, and was present at their execution. On account of the
kindness he had shown to Elizabeth during the time she was in his
custody, he was on her accession appointed to attend her to London in
1558, and soon afterwards was appointed Lord President of Wales. He
died in 1559, at Ludlow Castle, and was buried in the parish church at
Thame.
_Queen Mary._
WILLIAM THE SILENT.
_See_ =William of Orange=.
WILLOW.
A tree or shrub of the genus _Salix_, including many species.
_Dying Swan_;
_Lady of Shalott_;
_Mariana in the South_;
_Walking to the Mail_;
_Amphion_;
_In Memoriam_;
_Merlin and the Gleam_.
WILLOW-HERB.
A perennial herb with narrow willowlike leaves and rose-purple flowers.
_Promise of May._
WILLOWS (James).
_See_ =James Willows=.
WILLOW-WEED.
A plant which grows on marshy or moist soils.
_The Brook._
WILLY.
An old grandmother of religious frame of mind, as her memory travels
back, felt that the spirits of her dead sons, of whom Willy was one,
were about her in the kitchen, and lost all sense of time and loss, in
looking forward towards her own end with restful expectation. Willy
was her eldest born, and the flower of her flock, and the news of his
death had been brought to her by a little girl named Annie, to whom in
reply, she said:--
I ought to have gone before him: I wonder he went so young,
I cannot cry for him, Annie; I have not long to stay;
She could not weep for Willy, but looked forward to a happy reunion
with her husband and all her children, as she said:
I, too, shall go in a minute.
_Grandmother._
WILLY.
Son of the speaker in the poem. The woman when on her deathbed related
to another woman, the story of her son’s crime. She blamed others for
his sin:
But he lived with a lot of wild mates, and they never would let him
be good;
He robbed the mail as an act of daring, and was hanged in chains. His
mother stole his bones from the prison-yard and buried them in the
night by the churchyard wall. She contrasts the actions of the lawyer
with that of the Saviour.
For the lawyer is born but to murder--the Saviour lives but to
bless.
_Rizpah._
WILSON.
A schoolmaster.
_Promise of May._
WINCHESTER (Bishop of).
_Queen Mary._
WINCHESTER (Henry of).
_See_ =Henry of Winchester=.
WIND-HOVER.
= the Kestrel, a bird of the hawk kind, so called from its hovering in
the wind over one spot without fluttering its wings.
_Aylmer’s Field._
WINDSOR.
_Queen Mary._
WINNIE.
Minnie and Winnie
Slept in a shell.
Sleep, little ladies!
And they slept well.
_Minnie and Winnie._
WITAN.
= Witenagemot: the National Council of England in Anglo-Saxon times.
_Harold._
WITCH-ELM.
The drooping broad-leaved elm of Scotland.
_In Memoriam._
WODEN.
_See_ =Odin=.
WOLF.
An animal of the genus _Canis_, allied to the dog.
_Aylmer’s Field_;
_The Princess_;
_Boädicea_;
_Maud_;
_Coming of Arthur_;
_Geraint and Enid_;
_Balin and Balan_;
_Merlin and Vivien_;
_Pelleas and Ettarre_;
_Northern Cobbler_;
_Sir John Oldcastle, Lord Cobham_;
_Battle of Brunanburh_;
_Forlorn_;
_Queen Mary_;
_Harold_;
_Becket_;
_The Cup_;
_The Foresters_.
WOLSELEY.
Field-Marshal viscount Wolseley, eldest son of Major Garnet Joseph
Wolseley. He served in the Burmese War, the Crimea, the Indian
Mutiny--being present at the relief of Lucknow--in the Chinese war,
and afterwards in Canada, and in 1873 was appointed in command of
the punitive expedition to the Gold Coast against the Ashantis. On
the outbreak of the rebellion in Egypt in 1882 he was appointed in
command of the expedition, and after fighting several engagements with
the enemy, advanced to Tel-el-Kebir, where on September 13, 1882, he
completely routed the rebels under Arâbi Pasha (_q.v._).
You saw the league-long rampart-fire
Flare from Tel-el-Kebir
Thro’ darkness, and the foe was driven,
And Wolseley overthrew
Arâbi, and the stars in heaven
Paled, and the glory grew.
Ten years later he proceeded again to Egypt in command of an expedition
for the relief of general Gordon at Khartoum, but arrived too late to
effect its object. He died on March 25, 1913 (1833-1913).
_Prologue to General Hamley._
WOODBINE.
= a climbing plant; the honeysuckle.
_Promise of May_;
_A Dirge_;
_My life is full_;
_Talking Oak_;
_Day-Dream_;
_In Memoriam_;
_Spinster’s Sweet-Arts_;
_Promise of May_.
WOODCOCK.
A bird belonging to the genera _Scolopax_ and _Philohela_, allied to
the snipe.
_Balin and Balan._
WOOD-DEVIL.
_Balin and Balan._
WOOD-DOVE.
= the wild dove.
_Balin and Balan._
WOOD-LOUSE.
= a terrestrial isopod of the family _Oniscidæ_.
_The Window._
WOODPECKER.
A bird of the order _Picariæ_, with a strong chisel-like bill, with
which it is able to drill holes in the bark and wood of trees.
_Kate_;
_The Princess_;
_Progress of Spring_.
WOODSTOCK.
Was a royal residence when the Domesday Survey was made. It was the
scene of Henry II’s courtship of Rosamond de Clifford. Queen Elizabeth
was a prisoner here from May 1554 to May 1555, and after her accession
to the throne visited it in 1556 and again in 1575. After the battle of
Blenheim the manor of Woodstock was bestowed in perpetuity on John duke
of Marlborough.
_Queen Mary._
WORKS AND DAYS.
Landscape-lover, lord of language more than he that sang the Works
and Days,
The name of a poem by Hesiod, the Greek poet, the earliest didactic
poem known to us in Greek.
_To Virgil._
WORMS.
A city and capital of the province of Rhine-Hesse, on the river Rhine.
_Queen Mary._
WREN.
A species of small bird belonging to the genus _Troglodytes_.
_Golden Year_;
_The Window_;
_Marriage of Geraint_.
WRIGGLESBY BECK.
_Northern Farmer, New Style._
WRIT, HOLY.
_See_ =Holy Writ=.
WULFNOTH.
Son of Godwin, and brother of king Harold.
_Harold._
WYATT (Sir Thomas).
_See_ =Thomas Wyatt=.
WYCLIFFE (John).
_See_ =Wiclif=.
WYE.
A river in south Wales.
_In Memoriam._
WYVERN.
An heraldic device in shape of a dragon with expanded wings.
_Aylmer’s Field_;
_Holy Grail_.
XANTHUS.
A river of Troas.
_Specimen of a Translation of the Iliad in Blank Verse._
YABBOK BROOK.
_Clear-headed Friend._
YAFFINGALE.
= the green woodpecker, noted for its loud laughing note.
And hear the garnet-headed yaffingale
Mock them:
_Last Tournament._
YEW.
YEW-TREE.
An evergreen tree of the genus _Taxus_, allied to the pine.
_Love and Death_;
_Two Voices_;
_Amphion_;
_The Letters_;
_Enoch Arden_;
_The Princess_;
_In Memoriam_;
_Lancelot and Elaine_;
_Dedicatory Poem to the Princess Alice_;
_The Flight_;
_Walking to the Mail_;
_Holy Grail_;
_Promise of May_;
_The Foresters_.
YGERNE.
Wife of Gorloïs, lord of Tintagel Castle. She was a beautiful woman,
and at a festival of the Round Table Uther fell in love with her, and
upon Ulfin revealing it to her she told her husband Gorloïs, who locked
her up in the impregnable fortress of Tintagel, and gathering together
an army, fought against Uther, but was defeated and slain. Ygerne then
became the wife of Uther and subsequently the mother of king Arthur.
_Coming of Arthur._
YNIOL.
An earl of decayed fortune and the father of Enid, wife of sir Geraint.
He was ousted from his earldom by his nephew Edyrn, who attempted
to win his daughter, but was unsuccessful. Edyrn, however, being
overthrown in a tournament by sir Geraint, the earldom was restored to
him.
_Marriage of Geraint_;
_Geraint and Enid_.
YORK.
And York’s white rose as red as Lancaster’s
= Wars of the Roses between the houses of York and Lancaster.
_Aylmer’s Field._
YORK (Archbishop).
_Becket._
YORK (Archbishoprick).
_Becket._
YORK (City of).
_Queen Mary_;
_Harold_;
_The Foresters_.
YORK (County of).
_Edwin Morris_;
_Aylmer’s Field_.
ZERUBBABEL.
The Christian name of a man called Sanders (_q.v._), who lived in
Cornhill at the Sign of the Talbot.
_Queen Mary._
ZEUS.
In Greek mythology the lord of Heaven, identified with the Italian
Jupiter (_q.v._).
_Achilles over the Trench._
ZOROASTRIAN.
A follower of Zoroaster, the prophet of the ancient Persians.
_Akbar’s Dream._
ZUINGLIUS.
The ghosts of Luther and Zuinglius fade
Into the deathless hell which is their doom
Before my star!
Has reference to Zuingli, the Swiss reformer.
_Queen Mary._
ZURICH.
_Cranmer._ To Strasburg, Antwerp, Frankfort, Zurich, Worms,
Geneva, Basle--our Bishops from their sees
Or fled, they say, or flying--
A town in Switzerland, and capital of the Canton of Zurich.
_Queen Mary._
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Arthurian Chronicles, represented by Wace and Layamon.
Bible, The.
+Brewer+, Rev. Dr. E. C. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable.
+Brewer+, Rev. Dr. E. C. Reader’s Handbook.
+Burns, Robert.+ Poetical Works.
+Byron, Lord.+ Poetical Works.
+Campbell, Thomas.+ Pleasures of Hope.
+Cervantes, Miguel de.+ Don Quixote.
+Chambers, R.+ Editor. Book of Days.
Chambers’s Encyclopædia.
+Conybeare, Edward.+ Roman Britain.
+Cowper, William.+ Poetical Works.
+Darwin, Erasmus.+ Botanic Garden.
Dictionary of National Biography.
+Drayton, Michael.+ Polyolbion.
+Dryden, John.+ Poetical Works.
Encyclopædia Britannica.
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+Froissart+, Sir +John+. Chronicles of England, France, Spain, etc.
+Froude, James Anthony.+ History of England.
+Fuller+, Rev. +Thomas+. Worthies of England.
+Gardiner+, Dr. +Samuel R.+ History of England.
+Geoffrey of Monmouth.+
+Guerber, H. A.+ Myths and Legends of the Middle Ages.
+Guest, Lady Charlotte.+ The Mabinogion.
Harmsworth’s Encyclopædia.
Haydn’s Dictionary of Dates.
+Homer.+ The Iliad and Odyssey.
+Hunt+, Rev. +William+. Norman Britain.
+Irving, Washington.+ Life of Columbus.
+Kirtlan+, Rev. E. J. B. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.
+Lempriere+, Dr. J. Classical Dictionary.
+Liddell+, Dr. +Henry G.+ History of Rome.
+Littledale+, Prof. H. Essays on Lord Tennyson’s Idylls of the King.
Macmillan’s Modern Languages and Literature Series.
+Malory+, Sir +Thomas+. Morte d’Arthur.
+Milton, John.+ Poetical Works.
+Nennius.+ Six Chronicles.
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+Pepys, Samuel.+ Diary of.
+Percy, Thomas.+ Reliques of Ancient English Poetry.
+Pope, Alexander.+ Poetical Works.
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+Ritson, Joseph.+ Robin Hood.
+Rollin+, Prof. +Charles+. Ancient History.
+Seyffert+, Dr. +Oskar+. Dictionary of Classical Antiquities,
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+Shakespeare, William.+ Works.
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+Spenser, Edmund.+ Poetical Works.
+Tappan, Eva M.+ Heroes of the Middle Ages.
+Turner, Sharon.+ History of the Anglo-Saxons.
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+Wordsworth, William.+ Poetical Works.
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