| "For pale and wanne he was (alas the while!) May seeme he lovd, or els some care he tooke." |
[108.] "Hopeless is here used in a proleptic or anticipatory way" (Hales).
[109.] Custom'd is Gray's word, not 'custom'd, as usually printed. See either Wb. or Worc. s. v. Cf. Milton, Ep. Damonis: "Simul assueta seditque sub ulmo."
[114.] Churchway path. Cf. Shakes. M. N. D. v. 2:
| "Now it is the time of night, That the graves all gaping wide, Every one lets forth his sprite In the churchway paths to glide." |
[115.] For thou canst read. The "hoary-headed swain" of course could not read.
[116.] Grav'd. The old form of the participle is graven, but graved is also in good use. The old preterite grove is obsolete.