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Poem of The is founded upon an ancient custom of Provence, according to which a festival was held, and the minstrel who bore away the prize from his competitors was rewarded, by the lady chosen to preside, with a Golden Violet. It is hardly necessary to say, that this makes only the conclusion of the tale, —all the earlier parts being given to chivalrous adventure and to description characteristic of the age. L. E. L.