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Corrie loch A corrie loch (also known as a tarn) is a mountain lake or pool. |
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Kubla Khan Kubla (or Kublai) Khan was the founder of the Yuan dynasty in China. |
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Laureate For the Lakes poets, it meant that they were the Official Royal Poet. |
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Tarn A tarn (also known as a corrie loch) is a mountain lake or pool. |
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Thwaite A clearing, a piece of cleared forest land. |
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Xanadu This was in what is now Inner Mongolia and was the summer capital of the Dynasty of Kubla Khan |
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mere A lake or pond -any body of water -see Grasmere or Windermere. |
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pensive thoughtful (as "In vacant or in pensive mood, They flash upon that inward eye" in Wordsworth's "Daffodils". |
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