l. [375]. dusking East. Since the light fades first from the eastern sky.
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[Page 191]. l. [9]. bewildered shores. The attribute of the wanderer transferred to the shore. Cf. Nightingale, ll. [14], [67].
l. [10]. Delphic. At Delphi worship was given to Apollo, the inventor and god of music.
[Page 192]. l. [12]. Dorian. There were several 'modes' in Greek music, of which the chief were Dorian, Phrygian, and Lydian. Each was supposed to possess certain definite ethical characteristics. Dorian music was martial and manly. Cf. Paradise Lost, i. 549-53.
l. [13]. Father of all verse. Apollo, the god of light and song.
ll. [18-19]. Let the red . . . well. Cf. Nightingale, st. [2].
l. [19]. faint-lipp'd. Cf. ii. 270, 'mouthed shell.'
l. [23]. Cyclades. Islands in the Aegean sea, so called because they surrounded Delos in a circle.