ll. 156-7. All the dignity and majesty of the goddess is in this
comparison.
PAGE 155. l. 171. _gloom-bird_, the owl, whose cry is supposed to
portend death. Cf. Milton's method of description, 'Not that fair
field,' etc. _Paradise Lost_, iv. 268.
l. 172. _familiar
visiting_, ghostly apparition.
PAGE 157. ll. 205-8. Cf. the opening of the gates of heaven. _Paradise
Lost_, vii. 205-7.
