Encyclopedia.com > Encyclopedias, Almanacs, Transcripts, and Maps > The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature > January 2003

‘William and Margaret’

The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature | 2003 | 351 words | Copyright

‘William and Margaret’, a ballad by Mallet, published 1724 in A. Hill's Plain Dealer, in Percy's Reliques it appears as ‘Margaret's Ghost’. Margaret's ‘grimly ghost’ visits her faithless lover William and summons him to her grave; he lays his cheek upon her grave ‘and word spake never more’.

Cite this article
Pick a style below, and copy the text for your bibliography.

  • MLA
  • Chicago
  • APA

MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "‘William and Margaret’." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "‘William and Margaret’." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-WilliamandMargaret.html

MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "‘William and Margaret’." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-WilliamandMargaret.html

Learn more about citation styles

Find thousands of answers for hundreds of subjects at Answers Encyclopedia .

All answers verified by trusted sources at Encyclopedia.com

Try Answers Encyclopedia now!

For students and teachers!

Encyclopedia.com provides students and teachers facts, information, and biographies from verified, citable sources, including:

Encyclopedia.com provides students and teachers facts, information, and biographies from verified, citable sources, including: