Kensington Garden
Preserved but no longer current.
A mock-heroic poem by Thomas Tickell (pub. 1722) peopling Kensing- ton Gardens, which a few years before had been laid out, with fairies. The gardens were the royal domain of Oberon, and the hero is Albion, son of ** Albion's royal blood," who was stolen thence by a fairy named Milkah.
Era: ca. 1898 (Victorian)
Sources & notes
Reproduced from Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898 edition, public domain; archive.org, retrieved 2026-07-31; OCR text, minor errors possible). Reflects the scholarship and attitudes of its era.
Common questions
What does “Kensington Garden” mean?
A mock-heroic poem by Thomas Tickell (pub. 1722) peopling Kensing- ton Gardens, which a few years before had been laid out, with fairies. The gardens were the royal domain of Oberon, and the hero is Albion, son of ** Albion's royal blood," who was stolen thence by a fairy named Milkah.
Is “Kensington Garden” formal or informal?
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