"
--Whalley's edit. vol. i. p. 33.
On l. 39. (G.) The origin of this uncommon use of the word "commerce" is
from Donne:--
"If this commerce 'twixt heaven and earth were not
embarred."
--_Poems_, p. 249. Ed. 4to. 1633.
On l. 43. (G.):--
"That sallow-faced, sad, stooping nymph, whose eye
Still on the ground is fixed steadfastly."
_Sylvester's Du Bartas_
On l. 52. (G.):--
"Mounted aloft on Contemplation's wings."
_G. Wither_, P. 1. vol. i. Ed. 1633.
Drummond has given "golden wings" to Fame.
On l. 88. (G.):--
Hermes Trismegistus.
On l. 100. (G.):--
"Tyrants' bloody gests
Of Thebes, Mycenae, or proud Ilion."
_Sylvester's Du Bartas._
* * * * *
_Arcades._
On l. 23. (G.):--
"And without respect of odds,
Vye renown with Demy-gods."
_Wither's Mistresse of Philarete_, Sig. E. 5. Ed. 1633.
On l. 27. (G.):--
"But yet, whate'er he do or can devise,
Disguised glory shineth in his eyes."
_Sylvester's Du Bartas._
On l. 46. (G.):--
"An eastern wind commix'd with _noisome airs_,
Shall _blast the plants_ and the _young sapplings_."
_Span. Trag. Old Plays_, vol. iii. p. 222.
On l. 65. (G.) Compare Drunmond--speech of Endymion before Charles:--
"To tell by me, their herald, coming things,
And what each Fate to her stern distaff sings," &c.
On l. 84. (M.):--
"And with his beams enamel'd every greene."
_Fairfax's Tasso_, b.
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