_ The Roman name
corresponding
to the Greek Satyr.
Keats
lawns_, i.
e.
before
mediaeval fairy-lore had superseded classical mythology.
l. 2. _Satyr_, a horned and goat-legged demi-god of the woods.
l. 5. _Dryads_, wood-nymphs, who lived in trees. The life of each
terminated with that of the tree over which she presided. Cf. Landor's
'Hamadryad'.
l. 5. _Fauns.
_ The Roman name corresponding to the Greek Satyr.
l. 7. _Hermes_, or Mercury, the messenger of the Gods. He is always
represented with winged shoes, a winged helmet, and a winged staff,
bound about with living serpents.
PAGE 4. l. 15. _Tritons_, sea-gods, half-man, half-fish. Cf. Wordsworth,
'Or hear old Triton blow his wreathed horn' (Sonnet--'The World is too
much with us').
l. 19. _unknown to any Muse_, beyond the imagination of any poet.
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mediaeval fairy-lore had superseded classical mythology.
l. 2. _Satyr_, a horned and goat-legged demi-god of the woods.
l. 5. _Dryads_, wood-nymphs, who lived in trees. The life of each
terminated with that of the tree over which she presided. Cf. Landor's
'Hamadryad'.
l. 5. _Fauns.
_ The Roman name corresponding to the Greek Satyr.
l. 7. _Hermes_, or Mercury, the messenger of the Gods. He is always
represented with winged shoes, a winged helmet, and a winged staff,
bound about with living serpents.
PAGE 4. l. 15. _Tritons_, sea-gods, half-man, half-fish. Cf. Wordsworth,
'Or hear old Triton blow his wreathed horn' (Sonnet--'The World is too
much with us').
l. 19. _unknown to any Muse_, beyond the imagination of any poet.
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