l'agora, the niarkct-place in Grcek towns

Page 94. 11. 2-4. Le corps . . . lointaine ornière. This conjectural ' tracing ' of the human dust reminds one of Hamlet. V. i. 210-24.

Page 97. I. 9. Par ce rayon . . . sur sa croix. The sceiic is a lonely Catholic chapcl by the sca-side, with a crucifix hanging above the altar. See Introduction, p. xxix.

I. 16. millions has only two syllables in this sonnet, Ihougli the same word is comnionly trisyllabic in verse. Note the riniescheme in the quatrains, which is quitc unusual : ahaa, hahh. The rime-schenic is so varied throughout the poem that \ve can only point out the most striking déviations froni the more normal types.

II. 23-25. l'ous qui . . . condamnées. Cf. Sir John Davics' Orchestra, when lie says of the sca : —

For his great chrystal eyc is alvvays cast Up to the moon, and on her fixèd fast . . .

and also the bcautiful imitation by Coleridge in his Âncient

Mariner, 11. 414 17.

Page 98. 1. 1 1. roide isthe older spelling and pronunciation of the word now gencrally spelt and always pronounced raide. I. 13. The thème is a song licard by the poet on the scashorc on a ^^tormy day.