sand-wave_, the
iridescence
sometimes seen on the
ribbed sand left by the tide.
Keats
_ See Introduction to the _Ode to Psyche_,
p. 236.
PAGE 141. l. 12. _weeping cloud._ l. 14. _shroud._ Giving a touch of
mystery and sadness to the otherwise light and tender picture.
l. 16. _on . . .
sand-wave_, the
iridescence
sometimes seen on the
ribbed sand left by the tide.
l. 21. _She_, i.e. Melancholy--now personified as a goddess. Compare
this conception of melancholy with the passage in _Lamia_, i. 190-200.
Cf. also Milton's personifications of Melancholy in _L'Allegro_ and _Il
Penseroso_.
PAGE 142. l. 30. _cloudy_, mysteriously concealed, seen of few.
INTRODUCTION TO HYPERION.
This poem deals with the overthrow of the primaeval order of Gods by
Jupiter, son of Saturn the old king.
