See also:

• SIR

SIR See also:

• RICHARD
• RICHARD (d. 1184)
• RICHARD, FRANCOIS MARIE BENJAMIN (18,9-1908)
• RICHARD, HENRY (1812-1888)
• RICHARD, ST

RICHARD See also:

• ROS, or DE
• SIR RICHARD ROS (b. 1429)

ROS (b. 1429)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English poet, son of See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• THOMAS
• THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
• THOMAS (d. 110o)
• THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
• THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
• THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
• THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
• THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
• THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
• THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
• THOMAS, ST
• THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
• THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)

Thomas See also:

• ROS, or DE
• ROS, SIR RICHARD (b. 1429)

Ros, See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

lord of Hamlake (Helmsley) in See also:

• YORKSHIRE

Yorkshire and of Belvoir in See also:

• LEICESTERSHIRE

Leicestershire, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born on the 8th of See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March 1429 . In Hari . MS . 372 the poem of " La Belle See also:

• DAME
• DAME (through the Fr. from Lat. domina, mistress, lady, the feminine of dominus, master, lord)

Dame sanz See also:

• MERCY (adapted from Fr. merci, Lat. merces, reward)
• MERCY (or MERCI), FRANZ, FREIHERR VON

Mercy, " first printed in W . Thynne's See also:

• CHAUCER, GEOFFREY (? 1340-1400)

Chaucer (1532), has the ascription" Translatid out of Frenche by Sir See also:

• RICHARD
• RICHARD (d. 1184)
• RICHARD, FRANCOIS MARIE BENJAMIN (18,9-1908)
• RICHARD, HENRY (1812-1888)
• RICHARD, ST

Richard Ros." "La Belle Dame sanz Mercy" is a See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long and rather dull poem from the See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French of Alain See also:

• CHARTIER, ALAIN (c. 1392—c.1430)

Chartier, and See also:

• DATES

dates from about the See also:

• MIDDLE

middle of the 15th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century . It is written in the Midland See also:

• DIALECT (from Gr. Sia stcror, conversation, manner of speaking, &aXeyec6at, to converse)

dialect, and is surprisingly See also:

• MODERN

modern in diction . The opening lines " See also:

• HALF

Half in a dreme, not fully wel awaked, The See also:

• GOLDEN

golden See also:

• SLEEP (0. Eng. slcepan; Ger. schlafen; cf. Lat. labi, to glide, and " slip ")

sleep me wrapped under his wing," have often been quoted, but the See also:

• DIALOGUE

dialogue between the very long-suffering See also:

• LOVER, SAMUEL (1797-1868)

lover and the cruel See also:

• LADY (0. Eng. hlaefdige, Mid. Eng. ldfdi, lavedi; the first part of the word is hldf, loaf, bread, as in the corresponding hldford, lord; the second part is usually taken to be from the root dig-, to knead, seen also in " dough "; the sense development fr

lady does not maintain this high level . See W . W . See also:

• SKEAT, WALTER WILLIAM (1835– )

Skeat, Chaucerian and Other Pieces (1897) ; and Dr . H . Grohler, Ueber Richard Ros' mittelenglische Uebersetzung ..

. (See also:

• BRESLAU (Polish Wraclaw)

Breslau, 1886) .