[1289]rumbled.[1290]rolled.[1291]limb, bough.[1292]belongings.[1293]full and crammed.[1294]malt liquor,lit.grains.[1295]worthy.[1296]jacket of mail.[1297]held at feud.[1298]Above.[1299]Woe befell the man that awaited it.[1300]gap, opening between hills.[1301]crupper.[1302]with many a boast and fib.[1303]ways.[1304]From the time when.[1305]full.[1306]lost.[1307]faith.[1308]served long.[1309]Prepare.[1310]haste.[1311]beleaguered.[1312]wholly.[1313]per-equal,i.e.quite worthy.[1314]garden.[1315]rest.[1316]whole.[1317]kiss.[1318]Enwrapped without recovery.[1319]aid.[1320]endure.[1321]blame.[1322]lore.[1323]kind of.[1324]besets.[1325]lament.[1326]Though thou shouldst perish.[1327]choose.[1328]worthless.[1329]unrest.[1330]treated.[1331]daily pained.[1332]glancing.[1333]made thee stare and idle.[1334]slacken, abate thy sighing.[1335]range.[1336]earth.[1337]failedst thou to grasp.[1338]must.[1339]high.[1340]folded.[1341]What a stupid fool.[1342]Since well I know.[1343]goes.[1344]want of ease.[1345]poor.[1346]quarrel.[1347]boughs.[1348]each.[1349]thrush.[1350]swallow and nightingale.[1351]sound.[1352]hedgehog.[1353]rabbit.[1354]polecat.[1355]skipping.[1356]kept their haunts.[1357]wild.[1358]bough.[1359]cliff.[1360]budding.[1361]ringdove.[1362]shrill.[1363]stared.[1364]Ovid,Metamorphoses, iii. 407, and on. The legend is alluded to by Shelley in “The Sensitive Plant,” when he describes the narcissus flowers,“Who gaze on thine eyes in the stream’s recessTill they die of their own dear loveliness.”[1365]twigs.[1366]Till.[1367]pool under a cataract.[1368]descending.[1369]The syllables,ut,re,mi,fa,so,la, are said, says Dr. Cranstoun, “to have been first used in the teaching of singing by Guido of Arezzo in the eleventh century. Le Maire, a French musician of the seventeenth century, addedsifor the seventh of the scale.”[1370]i.e.the throat of Echo, one of the cavern elves.[1371]are accustomed to be.[1372]above.[1373]Till Cupid wakens.[1374]earth.[1375]mildly and quietly.[1376]veil of cobweb lawn.[1377]arm-covering.[1378]marvels.[1379]Perceiving my behaviour.[1380]jested.[1381]to hold sway.[1382]wooed, made sign for.[1383]have it gladly.[1384]resigns.[1385]higher than.[1386]burned.[1387]flame.[1388]foolishly fond of.[1389]by suit.[1390]upon it.[1391]hews (a tree) too high.[1392]splinter.[1393]An allusion to the fable of Æsop, versified by Henryson. The swallow, seeing a farmer sowing flax, begged the other birds to help her to pick up the seed, as the thread produced from it should compose the fowler’s snare. Being twice refused and ridiculed, she resolved to quit the society of her thoughtless fellows, and has ever since frequented the dwellings of men.[1394]shut.[1395]stolen.[1396]is ignorant of, refuses to acknowledge.[1397]From the time when.[1398]groaning.[1399]booty.[1400]hurt.[1401]staggering state.[1402]under (beyond) cure I got such check.[1403]prevent (receiving check).[1404]either be stale or checkmated.[1405]fainted and swooned.[1406]ere I wakened from.[1407]spoiled.[1408]staring at the stars.[1409]brains.[1410]disordered.[1411]sighed till.[1412]by such a boy.[1413]shake fist at and curse.[1414]disorder, consternation.[1415]strange.[1416]Unburnt and unboiled.[1417]By love’s bellows blown.[1418]to smother it.[1419]endeavouring without ceasing.[1420]skeleton.[1421]withered.[1422]throbbing.[1423]My pulses leaped.[1424]get.[1425]it behoved to abide.[1426]enclosed.[1427]overcome and upset.[1428]In death-agony still living.[1429]though.[1430]death.[1431]straining and thrusting.[1432]more troubled.[1433]ease.[1434]annoyance.[1435]oppressed.[1436]drought.[1437]dry grass stalks.[1438]No token.[1439]at once.[1440]groans.[1441]sheer.[1442]A bush of sloes.[1443]crag.[1444]perfectly.[1445]tough twigs.[1446]through burden of their produce.[1447]sheltered place.[1448]knobs.[1449]In ripples like diaper figuring.[1450]Half-way.[1451]Ovid,Metamorphoses, i. 452, and on.[1452]without tiring.[1453]use.[1454]endeavour.[1455]steep and wearisome.[1456]far up, tall, and slender.[1457]to essay it.[1458]At times trying, at times stopping.[1459]To stretch above my reach.[1460]but foolish that has aught to do.[1461]To dastards hard hazards.[1462]Is death ere.[1463]Softly.[1464]Take care.[1465]thou catch no hurt.[1466]few times thou seest.[1467]Foolish haste.[1468]Beguiles.[1469]considers not.[1470]learn.[1471]Atropos, eldest of the Fates, presiding over death.[1472]youngest of the Fates, presiding over birth.[1473]“Extremes are vicious.” The poet here advocates Horace’s “golden mean,” the counsel of the Greek proverb Μηδὲν ἄγαν, said to have been one of the inscriptions on the tripod of the oracle at Delphi.
[1289]rumbled.
[1289]rumbled.
[1290]rolled.
[1290]rolled.
[1291]limb, bough.
[1291]limb, bough.
[1292]belongings.
[1292]belongings.
[1293]full and crammed.
[1293]full and crammed.
[1294]malt liquor,lit.grains.
[1294]malt liquor,lit.grains.
[1295]worthy.
[1295]worthy.
[1296]jacket of mail.
[1296]jacket of mail.
[1297]held at feud.
[1297]held at feud.
[1298]Above.
[1298]Above.
[1299]Woe befell the man that awaited it.
[1299]Woe befell the man that awaited it.
[1300]gap, opening between hills.
[1300]gap, opening between hills.
[1301]crupper.
[1301]crupper.
[1302]with many a boast and fib.
[1302]with many a boast and fib.
[1303]ways.
[1303]ways.
[1304]From the time when.
[1304]From the time when.
[1305]full.
[1305]full.
[1306]lost.
[1306]lost.
[1307]faith.
[1307]faith.
[1308]served long.
[1308]served long.
[1309]Prepare.
[1309]Prepare.
[1310]haste.
[1310]haste.
[1311]beleaguered.
[1311]beleaguered.
[1312]wholly.
[1312]wholly.
[1313]per-equal,i.e.quite worthy.
[1313]per-equal,i.e.quite worthy.
[1314]garden.
[1314]garden.
[1315]rest.
[1315]rest.
[1316]whole.
[1316]whole.
[1317]kiss.
[1317]kiss.
[1318]Enwrapped without recovery.
[1318]Enwrapped without recovery.
[1319]aid.
[1319]aid.
[1320]endure.
[1320]endure.
[1321]blame.
[1321]blame.
[1322]lore.
[1322]lore.
[1323]kind of.
[1323]kind of.
[1324]besets.
[1324]besets.
[1325]lament.
[1325]lament.
[1326]Though thou shouldst perish.
[1326]Though thou shouldst perish.
[1327]choose.
[1327]choose.
[1328]worthless.
[1328]worthless.
[1329]unrest.
[1329]unrest.
[1330]treated.
[1330]treated.
[1331]daily pained.
[1331]daily pained.
[1332]glancing.
[1332]glancing.
[1333]made thee stare and idle.
[1333]made thee stare and idle.
[1334]slacken, abate thy sighing.
[1334]slacken, abate thy sighing.
[1335]range.
[1335]range.
[1336]earth.
[1336]earth.
[1337]failedst thou to grasp.
[1337]failedst thou to grasp.
[1338]must.
[1338]must.
[1339]high.
[1339]high.
[1340]folded.
[1340]folded.
[1341]What a stupid fool.
[1341]What a stupid fool.
[1342]Since well I know.
[1342]Since well I know.
[1343]goes.
[1343]goes.
[1344]want of ease.
[1344]want of ease.
[1345]poor.
[1345]poor.
[1346]quarrel.
[1346]quarrel.
[1347]boughs.
[1347]boughs.
[1348]each.
[1348]each.
[1349]thrush.
[1349]thrush.
[1350]swallow and nightingale.
[1350]swallow and nightingale.
[1351]sound.
[1351]sound.
[1352]hedgehog.
[1352]hedgehog.
[1353]rabbit.
[1353]rabbit.
[1354]polecat.
[1354]polecat.
[1355]skipping.
[1355]skipping.
[1356]kept their haunts.
[1356]kept their haunts.
[1357]wild.
[1357]wild.
[1358]bough.
[1358]bough.
[1359]cliff.
[1359]cliff.
[1360]budding.
[1360]budding.
[1361]ringdove.
[1361]ringdove.
[1362]shrill.
[1362]shrill.
[1363]stared.
[1363]stared.
[1364]Ovid,Metamorphoses, iii. 407, and on. The legend is alluded to by Shelley in “The Sensitive Plant,” when he describes the narcissus flowers,“Who gaze on thine eyes in the stream’s recessTill they die of their own dear loveliness.”
[1364]Ovid,Metamorphoses, iii. 407, and on. The legend is alluded to by Shelley in “The Sensitive Plant,” when he describes the narcissus flowers,
“Who gaze on thine eyes in the stream’s recessTill they die of their own dear loveliness.”
“Who gaze on thine eyes in the stream’s recessTill they die of their own dear loveliness.”
“Who gaze on thine eyes in the stream’s recessTill they die of their own dear loveliness.”
“Who gaze on thine eyes in the stream’s recess
Till they die of their own dear loveliness.”
[1365]twigs.
[1365]twigs.
[1366]Till.
[1366]Till.
[1367]pool under a cataract.
[1367]pool under a cataract.
[1368]descending.
[1368]descending.
[1369]The syllables,ut,re,mi,fa,so,la, are said, says Dr. Cranstoun, “to have been first used in the teaching of singing by Guido of Arezzo in the eleventh century. Le Maire, a French musician of the seventeenth century, addedsifor the seventh of the scale.”
[1369]The syllables,ut,re,mi,fa,so,la, are said, says Dr. Cranstoun, “to have been first used in the teaching of singing by Guido of Arezzo in the eleventh century. Le Maire, a French musician of the seventeenth century, addedsifor the seventh of the scale.”
[1370]i.e.the throat of Echo, one of the cavern elves.
[1370]i.e.the throat of Echo, one of the cavern elves.
[1371]are accustomed to be.
[1371]are accustomed to be.
[1372]above.
[1372]above.
[1373]Till Cupid wakens.
[1373]Till Cupid wakens.
[1374]earth.
[1374]earth.
[1375]mildly and quietly.
[1375]mildly and quietly.
[1376]veil of cobweb lawn.
[1376]veil of cobweb lawn.
[1377]arm-covering.
[1377]arm-covering.
[1378]marvels.
[1378]marvels.
[1379]Perceiving my behaviour.
[1379]Perceiving my behaviour.
[1380]jested.
[1380]jested.
[1381]to hold sway.
[1381]to hold sway.
[1382]wooed, made sign for.
[1382]wooed, made sign for.
[1383]have it gladly.
[1383]have it gladly.
[1384]resigns.
[1384]resigns.
[1385]higher than.
[1385]higher than.
[1386]burned.
[1386]burned.
[1387]flame.
[1387]flame.
[1388]foolishly fond of.
[1388]foolishly fond of.
[1389]by suit.
[1389]by suit.
[1390]upon it.
[1390]upon it.
[1391]hews (a tree) too high.
[1391]hews (a tree) too high.
[1392]splinter.
[1392]splinter.
[1393]An allusion to the fable of Æsop, versified by Henryson. The swallow, seeing a farmer sowing flax, begged the other birds to help her to pick up the seed, as the thread produced from it should compose the fowler’s snare. Being twice refused and ridiculed, she resolved to quit the society of her thoughtless fellows, and has ever since frequented the dwellings of men.
[1393]An allusion to the fable of Æsop, versified by Henryson. The swallow, seeing a farmer sowing flax, begged the other birds to help her to pick up the seed, as the thread produced from it should compose the fowler’s snare. Being twice refused and ridiculed, she resolved to quit the society of her thoughtless fellows, and has ever since frequented the dwellings of men.
[1394]shut.
[1394]shut.
[1395]stolen.
[1395]stolen.
[1396]is ignorant of, refuses to acknowledge.
[1396]is ignorant of, refuses to acknowledge.
[1397]From the time when.
[1397]From the time when.
[1398]groaning.
[1398]groaning.
[1399]booty.
[1399]booty.
[1400]hurt.
[1400]hurt.
[1401]staggering state.
[1401]staggering state.
[1402]under (beyond) cure I got such check.
[1402]under (beyond) cure I got such check.
[1403]prevent (receiving check).
[1403]prevent (receiving check).
[1404]either be stale or checkmated.
[1404]either be stale or checkmated.
[1405]fainted and swooned.
[1405]fainted and swooned.
[1406]ere I wakened from.
[1406]ere I wakened from.
[1407]spoiled.
[1407]spoiled.
[1408]staring at the stars.
[1408]staring at the stars.
[1409]brains.
[1409]brains.
[1410]disordered.
[1410]disordered.
[1411]sighed till.
[1411]sighed till.
[1412]by such a boy.
[1412]by such a boy.
[1413]shake fist at and curse.
[1413]shake fist at and curse.
[1414]disorder, consternation.
[1414]disorder, consternation.
[1415]strange.
[1415]strange.
[1416]Unburnt and unboiled.
[1416]Unburnt and unboiled.
[1417]By love’s bellows blown.
[1417]By love’s bellows blown.
[1418]to smother it.
[1418]to smother it.
[1419]endeavouring without ceasing.
[1419]endeavouring without ceasing.
[1420]skeleton.
[1420]skeleton.
[1421]withered.
[1421]withered.
[1422]throbbing.
[1422]throbbing.
[1423]My pulses leaped.
[1423]My pulses leaped.
[1424]get.
[1424]get.
[1425]it behoved to abide.
[1425]it behoved to abide.
[1426]enclosed.
[1426]enclosed.
[1427]overcome and upset.
[1427]overcome and upset.
[1428]In death-agony still living.
[1428]In death-agony still living.
[1429]though.
[1429]though.
[1430]death.
[1430]death.
[1431]straining and thrusting.
[1431]straining and thrusting.
[1432]more troubled.
[1432]more troubled.
[1433]ease.
[1433]ease.
[1434]annoyance.
[1434]annoyance.
[1435]oppressed.
[1435]oppressed.
[1436]drought.
[1436]drought.
[1437]dry grass stalks.
[1437]dry grass stalks.
[1438]No token.
[1438]No token.
[1439]at once.
[1439]at once.
[1440]groans.
[1440]groans.
[1441]sheer.
[1441]sheer.
[1442]A bush of sloes.
[1442]A bush of sloes.
[1443]crag.
[1443]crag.
[1444]perfectly.
[1444]perfectly.
[1445]tough twigs.
[1445]tough twigs.
[1446]through burden of their produce.
[1446]through burden of their produce.
[1447]sheltered place.
[1447]sheltered place.
[1448]knobs.
[1448]knobs.
[1449]In ripples like diaper figuring.
[1449]In ripples like diaper figuring.
[1450]Half-way.
[1450]Half-way.
[1451]Ovid,Metamorphoses, i. 452, and on.
[1451]Ovid,Metamorphoses, i. 452, and on.
[1452]without tiring.
[1452]without tiring.
[1453]use.
[1453]use.
[1454]endeavour.
[1454]endeavour.
[1455]steep and wearisome.
[1455]steep and wearisome.
[1456]far up, tall, and slender.
[1456]far up, tall, and slender.
[1457]to essay it.
[1457]to essay it.
[1458]At times trying, at times stopping.
[1458]At times trying, at times stopping.
[1459]To stretch above my reach.
[1459]To stretch above my reach.
[1460]but foolish that has aught to do.
[1460]but foolish that has aught to do.
[1461]To dastards hard hazards.
[1461]To dastards hard hazards.
[1462]Is death ere.
[1462]Is death ere.
[1463]Softly.
[1463]Softly.
[1464]Take care.
[1464]Take care.
[1465]thou catch no hurt.
[1465]thou catch no hurt.
[1466]few times thou seest.
[1466]few times thou seest.
[1467]Foolish haste.
[1467]Foolish haste.
[1468]Beguiles.
[1468]Beguiles.
[1469]considers not.
[1469]considers not.
[1470]learn.
[1470]learn.
[1471]Atropos, eldest of the Fates, presiding over death.
[1471]Atropos, eldest of the Fates, presiding over death.
[1472]youngest of the Fates, presiding over birth.
[1472]youngest of the Fates, presiding over birth.
[1473]“Extremes are vicious.” The poet here advocates Horace’s “golden mean,” the counsel of the Greek proverb Μηδὲν ἄγαν, said to have been one of the inscriptions on the tripod of the oracle at Delphi.
[1473]“Extremes are vicious.” The poet here advocates Horace’s “golden mean,” the counsel of the Greek proverb Μηδὲν ἄγαν, said to have been one of the inscriptions on the tripod of the oracle at Delphi.