SIR

See also:

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

RICHARD

See also:

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

ROS (b. 1429)  , English poet, son of Sir Thomas Ros, lord of Hamlake (Helmsley) in Yorkshire and of Belvoir in Leicestershire, was born on the 8th of March 1429 . In Hari . MS . 372 the poem of " La Belle Dame sanz Mercy, " first printed in W . Thynne's Chaucer (1532), has the ascription" Translatid out of Frenche by Sir Richard Ros." "La Belle Dame sanz Mercy" is a long and rather dull poem from the French of Alain Chartier, and dates from about the middle of the 15th century . It is written in the Midland dialect, and is surprisingly modern in diction . The opening lines " Half in a dreme, not fully wel awaked, The golden sleep me wrapped under his wing," have often been quoted, but the dialogue between the very long-suffering lover and the cruel lady does not maintain this high level . See W . W . Skeat, Chaucerian and Other Pieces (1897) ; and Dr . H . Grohler, Ueber Richard Ros' mittelenglische Uebersetzung ..

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Breslau, 1886) .