Narrative poem · 1827

The Golden Violet

by Letitia Elizabeth Landon (L.E.L.)

A frame poem of a two-day minstrel contest in Provence for the prize of the Golden Violet, in which each minstrel sings his or her own tale.

Contents · 27 parts

• Prologueabout 210 lines
• The First Day81 lines
• The Broken Spell: The First Provençal Minstrel's Layabout 230 lines
• Frame: The Norman Knight8 lines
• The Falcon: The Lay of the Norman Knightabout 140 lines
• Frame: The Scottish Minstrel12 lines
• The Dream: The Lay of the Scottish Minstrelabout 180 lines
• Frame: The Second Provençal Bard26 lines
• The Child of the Sea: The Lay of the Second Provençal Bardabout 430 lines
• Frame: The German Minnesinger10 lines
• The Ring: The German Minnesinger's Taleabout 210 lines
• Frame: The Provençal Lady20 lines
• The Queen of Cyprus: The Provençal Lady's Layabout 280 lines
• Frame: The Pilgrim8 lines
• The Pilgrim's Taleabout 160 lines
• The First Day: The Eveningabout 370 lines
• The Second Day84 lines
• The Young Avenger78 lines
• Frame: The Italian Minstrel26 lines
• The Rose: The Italian Minstrel's Taleabout 340 lines
• Frame: The Irish Minstrel22 lines
• The Haunted Lake: The Irish Minstrel's Legendabout 140 lines
• Frame: The Moorish Bard10 lines
• The Wreath: Tale of the Moorish Bardabout 200 lines
• Frame: The English Knight16 lines
• Sir Walter Manny at His Father's Tomb: The English Knight's Ballad68 lines
• Conclusion97 lines

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