Uriel(In memory of William Vaughn Moody)Percy MacKayeIUriel, you that in the ageless sun
Sit in the awful silences of light,
Singing of vision hid from human sight, —
Prometheus, beautiful…
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Act IVPrologueEnter ChorusChorusNow entertain conjecture of a time
When creeping murmur and the poring dark
Fills the wide vessel of the universe.
From camp to camp through the foul womb of…
Used as a synonym of “childe,” meaning a knight or squire.as, “Childe Harold.” King Arthur is so called. (See also Spenser: Faërie Queene, book ii. canto viii. 56.) Source: Dictionary of…
One of the knights whose adventures and exploits are recounted in the latter part of the Spanish version of Amadis of Gaul. This part was added by Juan Diaz. Source: Dictionary of Phrase…
king of the Turks (in Jerusalem Delivered), whose capital was Nice. Being driven from his kingdom, he fled to Egypt, and was there appointed leader of the Arabs (bk. ix.). He and Argantes…
(West Smithfield). The route taken by the gilt-spurs, or knights, on their way to Smithfield, where tournaments were held. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…
(The Count de). A German knight married to a lady of his own country. He joined a crusade, and, being wounded, was attended so diligently by a Saracen princess that he married her also.…
Queen Anne's quack oculists were William Read (tailor), who was knighted, and Dr. Grant (tinker). Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894QuadQuack A B C D E F…
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