Chapter Lycidas to Lyttelton of L by Brewer's Readers Handbook

scornfully at first; but at every victory which he gained she abated somewhat of her contempt; and married him after he had succeeded in delivering Lyonors. The lot of Lyonors is not told. (See Liones, p. 617.)—Tennyson: Idylls of the King (“Gareth and Lynette”).

N.B.—According to the collection of tales edited by sir T. Malory, the lady Lyonors was quite another person. She was daughter of earl Sanam, and mother of sir Borre by king Arthur (pt. i. 15). It was Lionês who was the sister of Linet, and whose father was sir Persaunt of Castle Perilous (pt. i. 153). The History says that Lionês married Gareth, and Linet married his brother, sir Gaheris. (See Gareth, p. 405.)

Lyric Poets. There were only nine poets recognized as lyrists in the time of Horace. They were all Greeks: Alcæos, Alcman, Anacreon, Bacchilidês, Ilysos, Pindar, Sappho, Simonidês, and Stenchoros. Horace is the only one among the Romans.

Quod si me Lyricis vatibus inseres,
Sublimi feriam sidera vertice.
   —Horace: 1 Odes i. vers. 35, 36.

Lyrists (Prince of), Franz Schubert (1797–1828).

Lysander, a young Athenian, in love with Hermi a daughter of Egeus . Egeus had promised her in marriage to Demetrius, and insisted that she should either marry him or suffer death “according to the Athenian law.” (For the rest of the tale, see Demetrius, p. 270.)—Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1592).

Lysimachus, governor of Metalinê, who marries Marina the daughter of Periclês prince of Tyre and his wife Thaisa.—Shakespeare: Pericles Prince of Tyre (1608).

Lysimachus, the artist, a citizen.—Sir W. Scott: Count Robert of Paris (time, Rufus).

Lyttelton, addressed by Thomson in “Spring,” was George lord Lyttelton of Hagley Park, Worcestershire, who procured for the poet a pension of £100 a year. He was a poet and historian (1709–1773).

O Lyttelton…from these, distracted, oft
You wander thro’ the philosophic world;…
And oft, conducted by historic truth,
You tread the long extent of backward time;…
Or, turning thence thy view, these graver thoughts
The Muses charm.
   —Thomson: The Seasons (“Spring,” 1728).