[Page 31]. ll. [72-4]. Besides . . . new. An indication of the selfish nature of Lycius's love.
l. [80]. serpent. See how skilfully this allusion is introduced and our attention called to it by his very denial that it applies to Lamia.
[Page 32]. l. [97]. I neglect the holy rite. It is her duty to burn incense and tend the sepulchres of her dead kindred.
[Page 33]. l. [107]. blushing. We see in the glow of the sunset a reflection of the blush of the bride.
[Page 34]. ll. [122-3]. sole perhaps . . . roof. Notice that Keats only says 'perhaps', but it gives a trembling unreality at once to the magic palace. Cf. Coleridge's Kubla Khan:
With music loud and long
I would build that dome in air.
[Page 36]. l. [155]. demesne, dwelling. More commonly a domain. Hyperion, i. [298]. Sonnet—'On first looking into Chapman's Homer.'
[Page 38]. l. [187]. Ceres' horn. Ceres was the goddess of harvest, the mother of Proserpine (Lamia, i. 63, [note]). Her horn is filled with the fruits of the earth, and is symbolic of plenty.
[Page 39]. l. [200]. vowel'd undersong, in contrast to the harsh, guttural and consonantal sound of Teutonic languages.
[Page 40]. l. [213]. meridian, mid-day. Bacchus was supreme, as is the sun at mid-day.