[2.] apparelled. From Fr. pareil, Lat. parilis. Other English words as pair, compare, etc., are similarly derived. To apparel is strictly to pair, to suit, to put like to like.
[3.] tabor. From Old Fr. tabour, Fr. tambour. Compare Eng. tambourine. Originally from the root tap, Gr. tup, to strike lightly. An ancient musical instrument,—a small one-ended drum having a handle projecting from the frame, by which it was held in the left hand, while it was beaten with a stick held in the right hand.
[4.] the cataracts. The poet has probably in mind the "ghills" or falls of his own lake country. The metaphor which he uses is a bold one.
[5.] the echoes. Compare with a similar line by Shelley:
"Lost Echo sits amid the voiceless mountains."
—Adonais, 127.
[6.] the fields of sleep. "The yet reposeful, slumbering country side."—Hales. "The fields that were dark during the hours of sleep."—Knight.
[7.] jollity. Merriment. From Lat. jovialis. See Milton's 'L'Allegro,' 26:
"Haste thee nymph and bring with thee
Jest and youthful jollity."
[8.] May. May, with the poets, is the month of gayety. The older poetry especially is full of May raptures. Chaucer says:
