complain > suffer, ail; groan, lament
8 Or that his Faery Queen were such as she: 9 And ever hasty Night he blamed bitterly.
ever hasty > (Both alternatives are probably intended: "ever, hasty", and "ever-hasty". Cf. 102.37:9) Night > (Nox is here taken as the antithesis of the effulgent Gloriana) blamed > reproved
304.55
Night thou foule Mother of annoyance sad,
2 Sister of heauie death, and nourse of woe,
Which wast begot in heauen, but for thy bad
4 And brutish shape thrust downe to hell below,
Where by the grim floud of Cocytus slow
6 Thy dwelling is, in Herebus blacke hous,
(Blacke Herebus thy husband is the foe
8 Of all the Gods) where thou vngratious,
Halfe of thy dayes doest lead in horrour hideous.
1 "Night, you foul mother of Annoyance sad, 2 Sister of heavy Death, and nurse of Woe; 3 Who was begotten in heaven, but for your bad
begotten > (See 105.22, 204.41) for > because of, for the sake of
4 And brutish shape thrust down to hell below, 5 Where by the grim flood of Cocytus slow
grim > harsh; cruel, formidable flood > river Cocytus > ("The stream of wailing": one of the five rivers of Hell)
6 Your dwelling is, in Erebus' black house, 7 (Black Erebus, your husband, is the foe 8 Of all the gods) where you, ungracious,