[7]‘His, who made:’ Pope.
[8]‘Cytherea:’ Venus, from Cythera, one of the Ionian Islands, where she was worshipped.
[9]‘As some tall tower:’ Goldsmith has borrowed this fine image in his description of the good pastor’s death, in the ‘Deserted Village.’
[10]‘P——:’ Portland.
[11]‘Didst lately borrow:’ at the Duke of Norfolk’s masquerade.
[12]‘Narcissa:’ Mrs Temple.
[13]‘Nearer to the sun:’ Mrs Temple died at Lyons, on her way to Nice, accompanied by her father.
[14]Lines 270-289 paraphrase Psalms 24. Lines 270-300 provided an ‘Easter Ode’ popular in early 19th-Century American musical settings.-ee
[15]‘Manumit:’ to free from slavery or bondage; emancipate.
[16]‘Pæan:’ healing song; hymn.—ee