m them the Titans in all their glory and power. Now from them
develops the new order of Gods, surpassing them in beauty as they
surpassed their parents.
PAGE 180. ll. 228-9. The key of the whole situation.
ll. 237-41. No fight has taken place. The god has seen his doom and
accepted the inevitable.
PAGE 181. l. 244. _poz'd_, settled, firm.
PAGE 183. l. 284. _Like . . . string._ In this expressive line we hear
the quick patter of the beads. Clymene has had much the same experience
as Oceanus, though she does not philosophize upon it. She has succumbed
to the beauty of her successor.
PAGE 184. ll. 300-7. We feel the great elemental nature of the Titans in
these powerful similes.
l. 310. _Giant-Gods?_ In the edition of 1820 printed 'giant, Gods?' Mr.
Forman suggested the above emendation, which has since been discovered
to be the true MS. reading.
PAGE 185. l. 328. _purge the ether_, clear the air.
l. 331. As if Jove's appearance of strength were a deception, masking
his real weakness.
PAGE 186. l. 339. Cf. i. 328-35, ii. 96.
ll. 346-56. As the silver wings of dawn preceded Hyperion's rising so
now a silver light heralds his approach.
PAGE 187. l. 357. See how the light breaks in with this line.
l. 366. _and made it terrible._ There is no joy in the light which
reveals such terrors.
PAGE 188. l. 374. _Memnon's image._ Memnon was a famous king of Egypt
who was killed in the Trojan war. His people erected a wonderful statue
to his memory, which uttered a melodious sound at dawn, when the sun
fell on it. At sunset it uttered a sad sound.
l. 375. _dusking East._ Since the light fades first from the eastern
sky.
BOOK III.
PAGE 191. l. 9. _bewildered shores._ The attribute of the wanderer
transferred to the shore. Cf. _Nightingale_, ll. 14, 67.
l. 10. _Delphic._ At Delphi worship was given to Apollo, the inventor
and god of music.
PAGE 192. l. 12. _Dorian._ There were several 'modes' in Greek music, of
which the chief were Dorian, Phrygian, and Lydian. Each was supposed to
possess certain definite ethical characteristics. Dorian music was
martial and manly. Cf. _Paradise Lost_, i. 549-53.
l. 13. _Father of all verse._ Apollo, the god of light and song.
ll. 18-19. _Let the red . . . well._ Cf. _Nightingale_, st. 2.
l. 19. _faint-lipp'd._ Cf. ii. 270, 'mouthed shell.'
l. 23. _Cyclades._ Islands in the Aegean sea, so called because they
surrounded Delos in a circle.
l. 24. _Delos
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