[84-16] The chamfron is the defensive armor of the front part of the head of a war-horse.
[87-17] The Black Sluggard was the king of England, Richard the Lion-Hearted, who had been absent from England on a Crusade and had come back without allowing his brother John to know of his return.
THE RAINBOW
By Thomas Campbell
Triumphal arch, that fill’st the sky
When storms prepare to part,
I ask not proud Philosophy
To teach me what thou art.
Still seem, as to my childhoods’ sight,
A midway station given,
For happy spirits to alight,
Betwixt the earth and heaven.
Can all that optics teach, unfold
Thy form to please me so,
As when I dreamt of gems and gold
Hid in thy radiant bow?[91-1]
When science from creation’s face
Enchantment’s veil withdraws,
What lovely visions yield their place
To cold material laws!