[5.—Page 371, stanza xli.]

The Troll's swart people, in their inmost home.

In Scandinavian mythology, the evil spirits are generally called Trolls (or Trolds). The name is here applied to the malignant race of Dwarfs, whose homes were in the earth, and who could not endure the sun.

[6.—Page 373, stanza liii.]

Dreamless of thrones—and the fierce Visigoth.

Visigoth, poeticè for the Spanish ravagers of Mexico and Peru.

[7.—Page 373, stanza liv.]

Calm brows that brood the doom of breathless kings!

Napoleon.

[8.—Page 377, stanza lxxxvi.]