His people erected a wonderful statue
to his memory, which uttered a
melodious
sound at dawn, when the sun
fell on it.
Keats
346-56. As the silver wings of dawn preceded Hyperion's rising so
now a silver light heralds his approach.
PAGE 187. l. 357. See how the light breaks in with this line.
l. 366. _and made it terrible._ There is no joy in the light which
reveals such terrors.
PAGE 188. l. 374. _Memnon's image._ Memnon was a famous king of Egypt
who was killed in the Trojan war.
His people erected a wonderful statue
to his memory, which uttered a
melodious
sound at dawn, when the sun
fell on it.
At sunset it uttered a sad sound.
l. 375. _dusking East._ Since the light fades first from the eastern
sky.
BOOK III.
PAGE 191. l. 9. _bewildered shores._ The attribute of the wanderer
transferred to the shore. Cf. _Nightingale_, ll. 14, 67.
