[159] [Compare The Prisoner of Chillon, line 78, ibid., p. 16.]

[BU]

Holding her sweet breath o'er his cheek and mouth,

As o'er a bed of roses, etc.—[MS.]

[160] [Vide post, [Canto XVI. stanza lxxxvi.] line 6, [p. 598, note 1].]

[BV] {130}

For without heart Love is not quite so good;

Ceres is commissary to our bellies,

And Love, which also much depends on food:

While Bacchus will provide with wine and jellies—