[461] “The fair planet which kindles love.”
[462] “Departed, as he came, swiftly.”
[463] If the meaning is that the sun is now 50° above the horizon, this would indicate a later hour, nearing midday, for the sun does not rise vertically in this latitude, and reaches only 58° at noon at the time of the equinox. But the first explanation is the more probable.
[464] “The shore.”
[466] “We must not assume, as some commentators have done, that the signs rise at equal intervals of two hours, although each circles the star sphere in 24 hours. [See fig. 46], where the dotted line shows how e.g. Cancer, circling parallel with the celestial equator, will rise at a point considerably north of east, and having had to traverse more than 90 degrees since Aries rose due east, will not rise until about 7 hours later, i.e. 1 p.m. Conversely Scorpio, following Libra, will rise south of east, and a little less than 2 hours later. The moon’s retardation, therefore, is less in this part of the zodiac than it would otherwise be, and the hour is probably nearer eight than nine.”
[467] “Superlatively obscure.”
[468] “Out of the arms of her lover.”
[469] “Cold creature.”
[470] “The climax of the day.”