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ARIEL'S SONGS, No. II

LULLABY FOR TITANIA

Philomel: the nightingale. Philomela, daughter of Pandion, was said to have been changed into a nightingale.

THE APPROACH OF THE FAIRIES

Hecate or Proserpine, Pluto's queen, whom he had carried off to his dark realms.

THE NIGHTINGALE

This poem is given as it appeared in "England's Helicon."
King Pandion: father of Philomela.

SWEET SUFFOLK OWL

Dight: dressed or decked.

A WISH

Fire drake: a fiery dragon; or a sort of fiery meteor.

CHARIS' TRIUMPH

Nard: the shrub called spikenard, famed for its aromatic scent.

HYMN TO DIANA

Diana or Cynthia, the moon goddess.

Hesperus: the evening star.

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ΤΟ ΡΑΝ

Pan: god of shepherds, huntsmen, and country people.

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PRAISE OF CERES

Ceres goddess of corn and harvests.

Champians: champaign, open country.

THE HUNTED SQUIRREL

A sort: a company.

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Dray: nest.

THE DESCRIPTION OF WALLA

The River Walla, a tributary of the Tavy, is personified in this poem.

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Venus mother of Love or Cupid.

A BALLAD UPON A WEDDING

This poem was probably addressed to Richard Lovelace, the poet, describing the wedding of Lord Broghill with Lady Margaret Howard.

THE GRASSHOPPER

Ganymede: cupbearer of the gods.

Phœbus: the sun.

SONGS- - FROM COMUS

Comus: god of nocturnal feasting and revelry.

ODE ON SOLITUDE

This ode was written when the author was about twelve years old.

MY PEGGY

Wawking of the fauld: watching of the fold. The lave: the others.
Gars makes. Bauld: bold. Sic: such.

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THE NIGHTINGALE

Clown: an ill-bred countryman.

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THE SAILOR'S WIFE

Jauds: probably the same as jade, a familiar term among country folk for a giddy young girl.

Muckle: great, big. Shoon: shoes. Slaes: sloes, a black wild plum. Upon the bauk: one version says "into the crib," meaning in the coop. Thraw: twist. Gar ilka thing look braw: make everything look fine. Bigonet: linen cap. Maun: must. Baith: both. Leal: loyal. Caller: fresh. Greet: weep.

THE LOSS OF THE ROYAL GEORGE

The Royal George, a British man-of-war, was overset while being repaired, and Rear Admiral Kempenfelt and all on board were drowned. This occurred at Spithead, August 29, 1782.

ANNIE LAURIE

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Gowan: wild daisy.

COMING THROUGH THE RYE

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Gin if. Dinna: do not. Frae: from.

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HEY, THE DUSTY MILLER

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Leeze me on the calling: what a fine trade it is!

JOHN ANDERSON

Brent: high and smooth. Beld: bald. Pow: head. Canty: cheerful.

THE WINSOME WEE THING

Neist next. Tine: be lost. Wrack: vexation. Warstle: wrestling.

BANNOCKBURN

The battle of Bannockburn was fought in 1314; the Scotch, under
Robert Bruce, defeating the English, under Edward II.

AFTER BLENHEIM

The English and Austrians, under the Duke of Marlborough and Prince Eugene, defeated the French and Bavarians at Blenheim, in 1704.

Bourgeon: bud, sprout.

BOAT SONG

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PIBROCH OF DONALD DHU

This ancient pibroch, or martial song of Clan MacDonald, is thought
to refer to the expedition of Donald Balloch, who, in 1431, in-
vaded Lochaber, and, at Inverlochy, with inferior numbers,
defeated and put to flight the Earls of Mar and Caithness.

THE NIGHT BEFORE WATERLOO

The battle of Waterloo was fought in 1815, near the Belgian vil-
lage of that name; the English, under Wellington, with their
Prussian allies, defeating the army of Napoleon.

ROBIN HOOD

Morris a dance performed with bells, castanets, tambours, etc.
Grenè shawe: green woods.

GLENARA

The tradition is that Maclean of Duart, wishing to be rid of his
wife, had her put on a rock in the sea, to be washed off by the
waves, and then announced that she was dead, and set the day
for the funeral. By some good fortune she was rescued before
that day and restored to her father; her relatives, gathered at
the mock funeral, avenged her by killing Maclean and throwing
his body into the ready-made grave.

HOHENLINDEN

The battle of Hohenlinden was fought in 1800; the Austrians,
under the Archduke John, being defeated by the French and
Bavarians, under Moreau.

THE GRASSHOPPER AND THE CRICKET

This poem was written in a friendly competition with Keats, whose
poem on the same subject is given on page 164.

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CHARLIE IS MY DARLING

Grat: wept. Ilka: every. Owre: over.

Leal: loyal.

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MY AIN COUNTREE

Bairnies: children.

Tint: lost. Win back: return.

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IVRY

Henry of Navarre was the leader of the Huguenot or Protestant party in France, and the battle of Ivry, in 1590, was one of the successes which secured him on the French throne as Henry IV.

THE OLD SCOTTISH CAVALIER

The Prince Charles Edward, grandson of James II, and "Pretender" to the English crown, landed on the Scotch coast in 1745. Friends of his cause gathered about him, and at the battle of Preston Pans he routed the English army that was sent against him. But at Culloden, in the next year, he was overwhelmingly defeated, and this event was the end of the active hopes of the party of the "Scottish Cavaliers," who had been devoted to the Stuart family from the time of Charles I's misfortunes.

BURIAL OF SIR JOHN MOORE

Sir John Moore, commanding British forces, repulsed the French at Corunna, Spain, in 1809, but was killed in the action, and buried that night by the English before they embarked. The French built him a tomb at Corunna, with this inscription: —

JOHN MOORE

Leader of the English Armies

Slain in Battle

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Tirlin': uncovering.

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WILLIE WINKIE

Weans: children.

Ben: in. Singing

thrums: purring. Spelder'd: stretched out. Disna: does not. Cheep chirp. Waukrife: wakeful. Winna: will not. Glow'rin' staring. Skirlin': screaming. Kenna: know not. In a creel: beside himself. Ruggin': pulling. Lug: ear. Ravellin' a her thrums: confusing her purring, disturbing it.

SONG OF MARION'S MEN

Marion was a brilliant partisan leader in the American Revolution, whose band of "irregular" fighters, living in the forests and swamps of South Carolina, harassed the British forces operating in that region.

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