70. Spur,
Clear,
73. Guerdon,
74-75.

75. Fury,

Slits, 77. Phoebus, Touch'd, 79. Glistering, Foil,

80. Set off, Broad,

82. Perfet, 84. Lastly,

85. Arethusa,

Honour'd,

86. Mincius,

87. Higher mood, 88. Oat,

89. The herald,

90. In Neptune's plea,

Neptune,

91. Felon, 93. Of,

94. Beaked,

95. Story,

96. Hippotades,

97. Dungeon, 98. Level brine, 99. Sisters,

101. In the eclipse,

102. Sacred,

103. Camus,

Footing,

104. Sedge,

Stimulus, instigation.

Renowned, illustrious (Lat. clarus.)
Reward, recompense.

Cf. Shakespear. King Henry VIII., Act iii.,
Scene 2. 352-358.

Fate. The three Fates were Clotho, Lachesis,
and Atropos; the last is here meant.

Cuts, severs.

A surname of Apollo ('the Bright.')
Cf. Virg. Ecl. vi. 3; Hor. C. iv. 15. I, 2.
Sparkling.

Tinsel.

Shown up, exhibited.
Wide-spread.

Perfect, complete, that cannot be improved.
Finally, at last.

A fountain near Syracuse, in which city Theo-
critus lived.

Ennobled by flowing near the birth-place of
Virgil.

A river of Venetia, on the banks of which
Virgil was born.

My rural ditty temper'd to the oaten flute' (lines 32, 33.)

Triton.

To hold an inquiry by the order, and on behalf of,
Neptune.

The god of the sea.

Fell, cruel, fierce, ruthless.

Having. (Like Lat. genitive or ablative of quality).

Pointed, projecting, jutting out.

Subject of inquiry.

Another name for Eolus, (son of Hippotes)

god of the winds.

Cf. Virg. Æn. i. 54.

Unruffled surface of the sea.

The rest of the Nereids, of whom Panope was

one.

Eclipses were believed to forebode misfortune.
Cf. Thuc. i. 23.

Perhaps alluding to the profession for which
Lycidas was designed.

The Cam personified. This is the river on which
Cambridge is situated.

Walking, stepping, treading.
Coarse grass, flags.

105. Sanguine, Flower,

107. Pledge, III. Amain,

112. Mitred,

Stern,

114. Anow,

Blood-red, crimson.

The hyacinth. Ovid. Met. xiii. 394-398.
Child. Cf. Livy. ii. I.

With strength or firmness.

Enclosed in a mitre, or episcopal crown.
Sternly.

Enough. (properly the plural of ' enough.')

For their bellies' Cf. Rom. xvi. 18., Phil. iii. 19.

sake,

'Afield.'

126. Draw,
127. Contagion,

128. Wolf,

False teachers.

Acts xx. 29.

Rapidly. Cf. 'Amain,'

Two-edged. See Rev. i. 16; ii. 12; xix. 15.
Sword.

Close at hand. Cf. St. Matthew xxiv. 33;
James v. 9.

Once for all. Cf. Jude 3.

A river of Arcadia, said to flow under the sea from the Peloponnese and join the fountain of Arethusa. (See line 85).

Contracted.

Flowers of bell-shape.

Little flowers.

Frequent. Probably connected with the meaning to be wont,'to be accustomed ' (to be). Black. Here blackening,' 'making black,' 'withering.'

Seldom.

Nicely coloured; or oddly coloured.

The centre of the blossom.

Extract moisture, draw in.

Sweet.

Colour with purple.

Of the spring.
Early.

Neglected, deserted.

144. Freakt, 145. Glowing, 146. Well-attir'd, 148. Embroidery, 149. Amaranthus, Shed, 150. Cups, 151. Laureat, Hearse,

153. Frail,

Dally,
Surmise,

155. Wash,

156. Hebrides,

157. Whelming, 158. Monstrous,

159. Moist,

Vows, 160. Fable of, Bellerus,

161. Vision,

Guarded,

162. Namancos,

Hold, 163. Angel, Ruth, 164. Dolphins,

165. No more,

166. Sorrow,

168. Day-star,

Fancy, supposition, imagination, notion.
This word

applicable to 'seas,' but not to 'shores.' The figure is called Zeugma. C. Virg. Æn. iv. 131, 132.

A group of islands off the west coast of Scotland, often visited by violent storms and tempests.

Overwhelming. Cf. Hor. C. i. 2, 11.

Inhabited by monsters.

i. 3, 18. Tearful.

Supplications.

Fabled.

Cf. Hor. C. i. 2, 6;

Fictitious name of a Cornish giant. Bellerium was the ancient name of the Land's End.

Genius, ghost, spirit.

Protected by rocks, craggy.

An ancient town of Spain, near Cape Finisterre.
Bayona was a castle near it.

Fastness, fortress.

St. Michael.

Pity, compassion.

1 Sam. xxiii. 14, 29.

The story of Arion and the dolphins is told in
Her. i. 24.

It has been remarked that in reading this line
the accent on the first no more is on the
"no" in the second on the more. Cf. with
this, Virg. Ecl. vi. 44; Hom. Il. v. 31, 455.
The object of your sorrow (the abstract used for
the concrete). Cf. Ov. Trist. iii. 3, 73.
Star of day, the sun. Cf. Tibullus ii. I, 47.
Quickly, soon. St. Matth. xiii. 20; St. Mark

i. 20.

169. Anon,

173. Walked the waves,St. Matth. xiv. 25; St. Mark vi. 48; St. John

vi. 19.

Muddy, slimy.

Inexpressible, that cannot be expressed.

Song at the marriage of the Lamb. See Rev.

xix. 7; xxi. 2, 9.

Cf. 'Sad occasion dear' (line 6).

Companies.

Cf. Rev. vii. 17; xxi. 4; Isaiah xxv. 8.
Propitious. Cf. Virg. Ecl. v. 64 ; Æn. xii. 647.
Awkward, rustic, rough.

Small brooks.

Apertures, holes.

Oaten pipes. (See line 33).

So called because the most ancient pastoral
poetry was written in that dialect.

Passed beyond.

Girded up, gathered round him.