E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
Narcissa,
in the Night Thoughts, was Elizabeth Lee, Dr. Young’s step-daughter. In Night iii. the poet says she was clandestinely buried at Montpelier, because, being a Protestant, she was “denied the charity that dogs enjoy.” (For Pope’s Narcissa see NANCY.)
