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  • Wassail Chorus At The Mermaid Tavern
    Christmas knows a merry, merry place,
    Where he goes with fondest face,
    Brightest eye, brightest hair:
    Tell the Mermaid where is that one place,...
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Anecdotalwisdom: poet and critic theodore watts added the name dunton, his mother’s surname, to his own in 1896. painter james whistler, the deadly foe of all social pretension, signalised the event with a three-word note to his erstwhile friend: “theodore, watts dunton?”
Book_addict: happy birthday to english writer/poet theodore watts-dunton (october 12, 1832), author of "the renascence of wonder" (1903) et al.
Durhamwasp: henry treffry dunn [1838-1899] dante gabriel rossetti reading proofs of sonnets and ballads to theodore watts-dunton in the drawing room at 16 cheyne walk, london [1882]
Tomd3sg: happy that this book that just arrived! i'm looking forward to learning more about theodore watts-dunton!!
Tomd3sg: this is henry treffry dunn's c.1898 painting for the the theodore watts-dunton cabinet: hamlet and ophelia! i have been reading about him over the past few days and not only was he an amazing artist in his own right,but also make copies for rossetti in his role as assistant!
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Ballade Of The Midnight Forest
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Still sing the mocking fairies, as of old,
Beneath the shade of thorn and holly-tree;
The west wind breathes upon them, pure and cold,
And wolves still dread Diana roaming free
In secret woodland with her company.
'Tis thought the peasants' hovels know her rite
When now the wolds are bathed in silver light,
And first the moonrise breaks the dusky grey,
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