l. [302]. rack, a drifting mass of distant clouds. Cf. Lamia, i. [178], and Tempest, iv. i. 156.
[Page 163]. ll. [311-12]. the powers . . . creating. Coelus and Terra (or Tellus), the sky and earth.
[Page 164]. l. [345]. Before . . . murmur. Before the string is drawn tight to let the arrow fly.
[Page 165]. l. [349]. region-whisper, whisper from the wide air.
Book II.
[Page 167]. l. [4]. Cybele, the wife of Saturn.
[Page 168]. l. [17]. stubborn'd, made strong, a characteristic coinage of Keats, after the Elizabethan manner; cf. Romeo and Juliet, iv. i. 16.
l. [28]. gurge, whirlpool.
[Page 169]. l. [35]. Of . . . moor, suggested by Druid stones near Keswick.