Lyonnesse
Americannoun
noun
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For Arthur, long before they crown'd him King, Roving the trackless realms of Lyonnesse, Had found a glen, gray boulder and black tarn.
From Alfred Tennyson by Lang, Andrew
"You be hanged!" laughed the Seraph, known to the rest of the world as the Marquis of Rockingham, son of the Duke of Lyonnesse.
From Under Two Flags by Ouida
The legend of the fair land of Lyonnesse is supported by the evidence of a submarine forest in Mount's Bay, noted by Borlase in 1757.
From Cornwall by Mitton, G. E. (Geraldine Edith)
They drove the traitors back until they came at length to Lyonnesse by the sea.
From King Arthur and His Knights by Enright, Walter J.
I saw Provence and that enchanted shore, And lotus-isles amid the dreamy South, And champions out of mediæval lore Looking at large for ladies in distress Round storied Lyonnesse.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, February 4, 1914 by Seaman, Owen, Sir
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