Sir Richard Ros (born 8 March 1429), was an
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, the son of
Sir Thomas Ros, lord of Hamlake (Helmsley) in
Yorkshire
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and of Belvoir in Leicestershire.
In Harl. manuscript 372 the poem of "La Belle Dame sanz Mercy," first printed in
William Thynne
William Thynne (died 10 August 1546) was an English courtier and editor of Geoffrey Chaucer's works.
Life
Thynne's family bore the alternative surname of Botfield or Boteville, and he is sometimes called "Thynne ''alias'' Boteville". In 1524 he w ...
'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 awoke, 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
H. Grohler, ''Über Richard Ros' mittelenglische Uebersetzung ...'' (Breslau, 1886).
Records last mention him in 1492.
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1429 births
Year of death missing
English male poets