275 280 285 When to enshrine his reliques in the Sun's bird that, after having lived five hundred years, built for itself a funeral pile of cinnamon, spikenard, and myrrh. As it drew its last breath, a young Phoenix sprang from its ashes, to live another five hundred years, and then die in like manner. Thus it was that sole bird. The young bird carried the nest which contained the ashes of its parent, his reliques, to Egypt, there to enshrine it in the Temple of the Sun. 277-285. See line 250. 289 295 278. lineaments, form as described or marked by lines. 281. zone, girdle. 284. with feathered mail, covering with feathers overlapping each other like plates of armor. 285. Sky-tinctured grain, tinged with the grain or color of the sky. -Maia's son, Mercury, the messenger of the gods, whose feet were winged. See III. 603. 289. in, in sign of. 297. enormous, beyond or without measure. Of his cool bower, while now the mounted And Eve within due at her hour prepared "Haste hither, Eve, and, worth thy sight Eastward among those trees what glorious s Comes this way moving, seems another mor Risen on mid-noon; some great behest from To us perhaps he brings, and will vouchsafe This day to be our guest. But go with spe And what thy stores contain bring forth, an Abundance, fit to honor and receive Our heavenly stranger: well we may afford Our givers their own gifts, and large bestow From large bestowed, where Nature multipl Her fertile growth, and by disburdening gro More fruitful, which instructs us not to spar To whom thus Eve: 66 mould, 'Adam, earth's Of God inspired! small store will serve whe All seasons ripe for use hangs on the stalk; Save what by frugal storing firmness gains To nourish, and superfluous moist consumes. But I will haste, and from each bough and Each plant and juiciest gourd, will pluck su To entertain our angel guest, as he Beholding shall confess, that here on Earth God hath dispensed his bounties as in Heave 303. due, punctual. 310. seems, that seems. 321. See Genesis ii. 328. as, that. So saying, with despatchful looks in haste She turns, on hospitable thoughts intent What choice to choose for delicacy best, 335 340 What order so contrived as not to mix Meanwhile our primitive great sire, to meet 333. What choice, her thought was, what choice. 335. not well joined, inelegant, if not well joined or mixed after careful selection, then not pleasing. 339. middle shore, what lies between. 340. Pontus was in the northern part of Asia Minor. — the Punic coast was the coast of Carthage, in the north of Africa. 341. where Alcinous reigned. Alcinous was the ruler of the Phæacians, who entertained Ulysses in his island of Scheria, on the west of Greece, as related by Homer in the Odyssey. For 345 350 the scanning of this line, see note on III. 36. Here the second foot consists of three syllables. 342. Rough or smooth rined or rinded, having a rough or smooth rind. 345. must, new wine pressed from the grape, but not fermented; therefore inoffensive, without intoxicating qualities.meathes, meads. 347. tempers, suitably prepares. 348. Wants her, has she any lack of. 349. unfumed, giving forth its fragrance without being burned like incense. More solemn than the tedious pomp that wa Thus said: "Native of Heaven! for other Whom thus the angelic Virtue answered 358. Nearer, when nearer to. to leave. 371. Virtue. See II. 311. 374. though spirits, even spirits. 378. Pomona presided over fruit and its culture. 382. three Juno, M Venus each claimed beauty. Jupiter se Mount Ida, where P Priam king of Troy, his flocks. He adjud to Venus, the fai feigned. His decisio the Judgment of Par Stood to entertain her guest from Heaven: no veil Altered her cheek. On whom the angel Hail! 385 390 396 400 To whom the angel: "Therefore what he gives (Whose praise be ever sung!) to man in part Spiritual, may of purest spirits be found 405 No ingrateful food and food alike those pure As doth your rational; and both contain 410 Of sense, whereby they hear, see, smell, touch, taste; 384. virtue-proof, strong or safe in virtue. 386. the holy salutation. "And the angel came in unto her, and said, Hail, thou that art highly favored." Luke i. 28. 392. round is an adverb. 393. her, its. 394. piled, had all autumn, the fruits of autumn, piled. 397. Our author, him from whom we derive our origin; our first ancestor. 406. of, by. 407. ingrateful, unpleasing. 409. rational, rational substance. |