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Thomas the Rhymer. Source: The English and Scottish Popular Ballads, 1882-1898 by Francis James Child.. Child Ballad Number: 37. cites: a 'Thomas Rhymer and Queen of Elfland,' Alexander Fraser Tyler's Brown MS., No I. b 'Thomas the Rhymer,' Campbell MSS, II, 83 c 'Thomas the Rhymer,' Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border, II, 251, 1802, "from an copy obtained from a lady residing not far from ...
Thomas the Rhymer. fl. c. 1220 – 1298. POEMS. ‘The father of Scottish poets’, as Lives of Scottish Poets (v.3, Thos. Boys, 1822), declared him to be, sometimes known as ‘True Thomas’ or Thomas Lermont, Sir Thomas Rymour de Ercildoun, both knight and semi-mythical figure, has been credited as the writer of a range of poems, dramas ...
Thomas the Rhymer, lived from 1220 to 1298. He was a Scottish laird with a reputation for prophesy and supernatural powers. The wider picture in Scotland at the time is set out in our Historical Timeline.
Thomas the Rhymer He leapt off the horse outside the house of the mid-wife and banged upon her door. Upon answering the mid-wife…. By Charles John Tibitts Written 1890 Illustration by Linley Barba As Thomas lay on Huntly Bank (a place on the descent of the Eildon Hills, which raise their triple crest above the […]
The Legend of Thomas the Rhymer. Scotland is full of folklore – tales of fairies and “little people”, and talk of the gift of second sight . . Thomas of Ercildoune, who became known as Thomas the Rhymer, lived in the Scottish Borders back in the 13th century.
Walter Scott (1771-1832), poet and novelist, first made his name with the collection of Border ballads, Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border (1802-3) which included along with traditional ballads a few pieces of his own composition, including this one, ‘Thomas the Rhymer’ which tells how a poet is beguiled away by the Fairy Queen under the ...
With Thomas Rhymer in mind, one naturally interprets Thomas Rymour as the prophet and Thomas de Ercildoun as his son. If Rymour was the surname of this family, 3 it would have been better, for us at least, if the surname bad been subjoined to the first Thomas also. As the language stands, we are left to choose among several possibilities.
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