The church of Brou is actually located in a treeless Burgundian plain, and not in the mountains, as stated by the poet.
[1.] Savoy. A mountainous district in eastern France; formerly one of the divisions of the Sardinian States.
[3.] mountain-chalets. Properly, herdsmen's huts in the mountains of Switzerland.
[17.] prickers. Men sent into the thickets to start the game.
[35.] dais. Here, a canopy or covering.
[69.] erst. See note, l. [42], The Scholar-Gipsy. ( Formerly. (Obsolete except in poetry.))
[71.] chancel. The part of a church in which the altar is placed.
[72.] nave. See note, ll. [70-76], Epilogue to Lessing's LAOCOON.
[77.] palmers. Wandering religious votaries, especially those who bore branches of palm as a token that they had visited the Holy Land and its sacred places.
[109.] fretwork. Representing open woodwork.