[Page 176]. l. [159]. unseen parent dear. Coelus, since the air is invisible.
l. [168]. no . . . grove. 'Sophist and sage' suggests the philosophers of ancient Greece.
l. [170]. locks not oozy. Cf. Lycidas, l. 175, 'oozy locks'. This use of the negative is a reminiscence of Milton.
ll. [171-2]. murmurs . . . sands. In this description of the god's utterance is the whole spirit of the element which he personifies.
[Page 177]. ll. [182-7]. Wise as Saturn was, the greatness of his power had prevented him from realizing that he was neither the beginning nor the end, but a link in the chain of progress.
[Page 178]. ll. [203-5]. In their hour of downfall a new dominion is revealed to them—a dominion of the soul which rules so long as it is not afraid to see and know.
l. [207]. though once chiefs. Though Chaos and Darkness once had the sovereignty. From Chaos and Darkness developed Heaven and Earth, and from them the Titans in all their glory and power. Now from them develops the new order of Gods, surpassing them in beauty as they surpassed their parents.
[Page 180]. ll. [228-9]. The key of the whole situation.
ll. [237-41]. No fight has taken place. The god has seen his doom and accepted the inevitable.
[Page 181]. l. [244]. poz'd, settled, firm.