5. And through his veins regenerating fire etc.
Anger made him strong, while grief made him weak. Is that not true to nature?
7. Now once again he scanned the yellow plain, etc.
Hugh projects his subjective condition on nature. This idea occurs often in the poem. Is it a true conception?
14. Alas for those who fondly place above, etc.
A continuation of the philosophy found on page [32]. Love is the supreme thing, not the person who is loved. The way is itself the goal.
19. A bitter-sweet narcotic to the will, etc.
Note how Hugh’s hate arouses his energies. For his purposes it is stronger than love.
Define: bellowsed, regenerating, lethargy, conspirant, merging, vulnerable, narcotic.