The Works of Thomas Love Peacock

Peacock, Thomas Love (1785-1866)

VOLUME ONE HEADLONG HALL

VOLUME TWO MELINCOURT

VOLUME THREE NIGHTMARE ABBEY AND MAID MARIAN

VOLUME FOUR THE MISFORTUNES OF ELPHIN AND CROTCHET CASTLE

VOLUME FIVE GRYLL GRANGE

VOLUME SIX POEMS

VOLUME SEVEN POEMS AND PLAYS

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Now Stephen, for whom some bold barons had carved,
Said, while some could get surfeited, he was half-starved:
For his arms were so pinioned, unfortunate elf!
He could hit on no method of helping himself.

Stephen, of Bloix.

Held in subjection by the barons.

And so restricted in his authority, that he had little more than the name of a king.

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