l. [14]. Tyrian, purple, from a certain dye made at Tyre.
l. [20]. aurorean. Aurora is the goddess of dawn. Cf. Hyperion, i. [181].
l. [25]. Olympus. Cf. Lamia, i. 9, note.
hierarchy. The orders of gods, with Jupiter as head.
l. [26]. Phoebe, or Diana, goddess of the moon.
l. [27]. Vesper, the evening star.
[Page 119]. l. [34]. oracle, a sacred place where the god was supposed to answer questions of vital import asked him by his worshippers.
l. [37]. fond believing, foolishly credulous.
l. [41]. lucent fans, luminous wings.
[Page 120]. l. [55]. fledge . . . steep. Probably a recollection of what he had seen in the Lakes, for on June 29, 1818, he writes to Tom from Keswick of a waterfall which 'oozes out from a cleft in perpendicular Rocks, all fledged with Ash and other beautiful trees'.
