“Hast thou seen a saucy wench hereabouts?” “I hath seen no saucy wench,” said Colin, using the term with difficulty, for the white frightened face of his Lady of the Greenwood haunted him. “Nor art thou free to trespass on my master’s land with so hare-brained an excuse. Get thee gone without delay.” CourageBraveryKnightFair LadyMedieval EnglandMedieval CombatMedieval Ireland Book:In God is My Hope Source: In God is My Hope
“Alas! For she was pitted against a foe beyond the strength of her mind or body. And those who will take a weapon to such an enemy must be sterner than steel, if the very shock shall not destroy them. It was an evil doom that set her in his path. For she is a fair maiden, fairest lady of a house of queens. And yet I know not how I should speak of her. When I first looked on her and perceived her unhappiness, it seemed to me that I saw a white flower standing straight and proud, shapely lily, and yet knew that it was hard, as if wrought by elf-wrights out of steel. Or was it, maybe a frost that had turned its sap to ice, and so it stood, in bitter-sweet, still fair to see, but stricken, soon to fall and die?” EvilFemaleFeminineQueenFair Lady Book:The Lord of the Rings Source: The Lord of the Rings
“So twined is mine own self with thine, that the love could not die whilst my heart told me thou still lived. It is green yet, and strong, and hath waited only for this day. When I saw Aedan, and knew that thou wast nearby, my soul didst rise up and fly!” LoveMarriageLoversEnglandIrelandMedievalValentine S DayKnightMedieval EuropeFair Lady Book:In God is My Hope Source: In God is My Hope