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"Childe Rowland" is notably referenced in [[Shakespeare]]'s ''[[King Lear]]'' (Act III, scene 4), when Edgar, posing as mad Tom and rambling incoherently, has the lines: |
"Childe Rowland" is notably referenced in [[Shakespeare]]'s ''[[King Lear]]'' (Act III, scene 4), when Edgar, posing as mad Tom and rambling incoherently, has the lines: |
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{{quote|''Child Rowland to the dark tower came, |
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His word was still 'Fie, foh, and fum |
His word was still 'Fie, foh, and fum |
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I smell the blood of a British man.' '' }} |
I smell the blood of a British man.' '' }} |
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It is on the grounds of the ''King Lear'' lines that Joseph Jacobs called the King of Elfland's palace "the Dark Tower" in his version, as this name was not in the immediate source he used. |
It is on the grounds of the ''King Lear'' lines that Joseph Jacobs called the King of Elfland's palace "the Dark Tower" in his version, as this name was not in the immediate source he used. |
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