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- ↑ The Balliol College Annual Record, 2002, p. 30.
- 1 2 3 Amis, Kingsley, ed. (1978). The New Oxford Book of English Light Verse . Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0192118625.
- ↑ Reid, Walter (2011). Empire of Sand: How Britain Made the Middle East . Edinburgh: Birlinn. ISBN 9781843410539.
- ↑ Davies, J. D. (1879). "Christmas Play from Llanmadoc and Cheriton". Folk Play Research. Traditional Drama Research Group. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
- ↑ "The Masque of B-ll--l". RPO – Representative Poetry Online. University of Toronto Libraries. Retrieved 28 December 2020.