With glewy wax some new foundation lay
Of virgin combs, which from the roof are hung;
Some arm’d within doors upon duty stay,
Or tend the sick, or educate the young.”
—Dryden, Annus Mirabilis.
[15:18.] Sidon. Tyre and Sidon were the chief cities of Phœnicia. Adjectives formed from them are used interchangeably with Phœnician and Carthaginian for the sake of variety or to meet metrical requirements.
[15:37.] Tears.
“Yet tears to human suffering are due;
And mortal hopes defeated and o’erthrown