[118. the dapper elves.] Dapper is akin to the German tapfer, but with a very different connotation.
[124. Love:] the Latin Amor, the Greek Eros, and our Cupid.
[129. Dark-veiled Cotytto] was a Thracian goddess, whose worship was connected with licentious frivolity.
[133. makes one blot of all the air.] Compare [line 204] of this poem.
[135. thou ridest with Hecat’.] Hecate was a goddess of the lower world, mistress of witchcraft and the black arts.
[139. The nice Morn.] Nice is used in a disparaging sense, meaning over particular, minutely critical.
[140. From her cabined loop-hole peep.] As if morn dwelt in a cabin and clandestinely peeped from a small window.
[141. descry] must here mean reveal.
[144. In a light fantastic round.] Recall [L’Allegro 34]. Comus and his crew are now dancing.
[147. shrouds:] hiding-places. See the verb, [line 316].