Part the FirstPart the Second "Each matin bell," the Baron saith,
"Knells us back to a world of death."
These words Sir Leoline first said,
When he rose and found his lady dead…
(Encyclopedia) RhineRhinerīn [key], Du. Rijn, Fr. Rhin, Ger. Rhein, Lat. Rhenus, principal river of Europe, c.820 mi (1,320 km) long. It rises in the Swiss Alps and flows generally north, passing…
The Canticles, or “Solomon's Song.” Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894SonnaSong of Roland A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W…
To breathe one's last. To die. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Breche de RolandBreath A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X…
The fifteen Psalms, cxx. to cxxxiv.; so called because they are prophetic of the return or “going up” from captivity. Some think there is a connection between these Psalms and the fifteen…
[King of Slops]. Louis XVIII. was so nicknamed. (1755, 1814-1824.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894RolandRogue Ingrain A B C D E F G H I J K L M…
(4 syl.). A defile in the Pyrenees, famous for the diaster which here befell the rear of Charlemagne's army, on the return march from Saragossa. Ganelon betrayed Roland, out of jealousy,…
