_lucent fans_,
luminous
wings.
Keats
l. 26. _Phoebe_, or Diana, goddess of the moon.
l. 27. _Vesper_, the evening star.
PAGE 119. l. 34. _oracle_, a sacred place where the god was supposed to
answer questions of vital import asked him by his worshippers.
l. 37. _fond believing_, foolishly credulous.
l. 41.
_lucent fans_, luminous wings.
PAGE 120. l. 55. _fledge . . . steep. _ Probably a recollection of what
he had seen in the Lakes, for on June 29, 1818, he writes to Tom from
Keswick of a waterfall which 'oozes out from a cleft in perpendicular
Rocks, all fledged with Ash and other beautiful trees'.
l. 57. _Dryads. _ Cf. _Lamia_, l. 5, note.
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