, defiled

8 And would have slain them in his furious ire,
9 But hardly was restrained of that aged sire.

hardly > forcibly; with difficulty; barely
of > by
sire > father, elderly man

102.6

Returning to his bed in torment great,
2 And bitter anguish of his guiltie sight,
He could not rest, but did his stout heart eat,
4 And wast his inward gall with deepe despight,
Yrkesome of life, and too long lingring night.
6 At last faire _Hesperus_ in highest skie
Had spent his lampe, and brought forth dawning light,
8 Then vp he rose, and clad him hastily;
The Dwarfe him brought his steed: so both away do fly.

1 Returning to his bed in torment great,
2 And bitter anguish of his guilty sight,

sight > vision

3 He could not rest, but did his stout heart eat,

stout > brave

4 And waste his inward gall with deep despite,

gall > rancour (said to have its seat in the gall)
despite > anger, malice

5 Irksome of life and too-long lingering night.

Irksome of > Weary of, disgusted with

6 At last fair Hesperus in highest sky

Hesperus > (Name for the planet Venus when it appears as the evening
star; Venus is also the morning star)

7 Had spent his lamp, and brought forth dawning light,
8 Then up he rose, and clad himself hastily;
9 The dwarf him brought his steed: so both away do fly.

102.7

Now when the rosy-fingred Morning faire,
2 Weary of aged _Tithones_ saffron bed,
Had spred her purple robe through deawy aire,
4 And the high hils _Titan_ discouered,
The royall virgin shooke off drowsy-hed,
6 And rising forth out of her baser bowre,
Lookt for her knight, who far away was fled,
8 And for her Dwarfe, that wont to wait each houre;
Then gan she waile and weepe, to see that woefull stowre.

1 Now when the rosy-fingered Morning fair,

Morning > (Aurora, goddess of the dawn)

2 Weary of aged Tithonus' saffron bed,

Tithonus > (Son of the king of Troy and husband of Aurora. Through
Aurora's prayers the gods bestowed immortality on Tithonus, but
she forgot to pray for his perpetual youth, so that he was doomed
to eternal old age. Eventually she shut him up in his chamber
and turned him into a cicada)

3 Had spread her purple robe through dewy air,
4 And the high hills Titan discovered,

Titan > (The sun)
discovered > [had] revealed

5 The royal virgin shook off drowsihood;

drowsi