[111.] Bagley Wood. South and west of Oxford, beyond South Hinksey. See note, l. [125]; also note, l. [74].
[114.] tagg'd. That is, marked; the leaves being colored by frost.
[115.] Thessaly. The northeastern district of ancient Greece, celebrated in mythology. Here a forest ground near Bagley Wood. See note, l. 111; also note, l. [74].
[125]. Hinksey. North and South Hinksey are unimportant villages a short distance out from Oxford in the Cumnor Hills. See note, l. [74].
[129]. Christ Church hall. The largest and most fashionable college in Oxford; founded by Cardinal Wolsey in 1525. The chapel [p.200] of Christ Church is also the cathedral of the diocese of Oxford.
[130]. grange. Consult dictionary.
[133]. Glanvil. Joseph Glanvil, 1636-1680. A noted English divine and philosopher; author of a defence of belief in witchcraft.
[140]. red-fruited yew tree. The yew tree is very common in English burial-grounds. It grows slowly, lives long, has a dark, thick foliage, and yields a red berry. See Wordsworth's celebrated poem, The Yew-Tree.
[141-170]. "This note of lassitude is struck often—perhaps too often—in Arnold's poems."—DU PONT SYLE. See also The Stanzas in Memory of the Author of Obermann. For the author's less despondent mood, see his Rugby Chapel, included in this volume.
[147.] teen. Grief, sorrow; from the old English teona, meaning injury.