[892. My sliding chariot stays.] Compare this use of stay with that found in lines 134, 577, 820.
[893. the azurn sheen.] With azurn compare cedarn, line 990.
[908-909.] Be careful what inflection you give these lines in the reading.
[913. of precious cure:] of precious power to cure.
[921. To wait in Amphitrite’s bower.] Amphitrite was a daughter of Oceanus and Tethys. She was goddess of the sea, had the care of its creatures, and could stir up the waves in storm.
[923. Sprung of old Anchises’ line.] According to Geoffrey of Monmouth, Brutus the Trojan was the grandson of Æneas and founder of London. Anchises, in the Homeric story, is the father of Æneas. This fable plays an important part in the ancient British myth.
[924. thy brimmed waves.] A river is happiest when full to its brim.
[930.] Of what parts of speech are torrent and flood?
[933.] It is very curious that our word beryl and the German Brille come directly from the same source.
[937.] And yet this river is the English Severn!