_ The
astrologer
would
record, on parchment, what he had seen in the heavens.
record, on parchment, what he had seen in the heavens.
Keats
10.
_bold Robin Hood.
_ Cf.
_Robin Hood_, p.
133.
l. 12. _bowse_, drink.
PAGE 132. ll. 16-17. _an astrologer's . . . story.
_ The astrologer would
record, on parchment, what he had seen in the heavens.
l. 22. _The Mermaid . . . Zodiac. _ The zodiac was an imaginary belt
across the heavens within which the sun and planets were supposed to
move. It was divided into twelve parts corresponding to the twelve
months of the year, according to the position of the moon when full.
Each of these parts had a sign by which it was known, and the sign of
the tenth was a fish-tailed goat, to which Keats refers as the Mermaid.
The word _zodiac_ comes from the Greek +zodion+, meaning
a little animal, since originally all the signs were animals.
INTRODUCTION TO ROBIN HOOD.
Early in 1818 John Hamilton Reynolds, a friend of Keats, sent him two
sonnets which he had written 'On Robin Hood'. Keats, in his letter of
thanks, after giving an appreciation of Reynolds's production, says: 'In
return for your Dish of Filberts, I have gathered a few Catkins, I hope
they'll look pretty. ' Then follow these lines, entitled, 'To J. H.
l. 12. _bowse_, drink.
PAGE 132. ll. 16-17. _an astrologer's . . . story.
_ The astrologer would
record, on parchment, what he had seen in the heavens.
l. 22. _The Mermaid . . . Zodiac. _ The zodiac was an imaginary belt
across the heavens within which the sun and planets were supposed to
move. It was divided into twelve parts corresponding to the twelve
months of the year, according to the position of the moon when full.
Each of these parts had a sign by which it was known, and the sign of
the tenth was a fish-tailed goat, to which Keats refers as the Mermaid.
The word _zodiac_ comes from the Greek +zodion+, meaning
a little animal, since originally all the signs were animals.
INTRODUCTION TO ROBIN HOOD.
Early in 1818 John Hamilton Reynolds, a friend of Keats, sent him two
sonnets which he had written 'On Robin Hood'. Keats, in his letter of
thanks, after giving an appreciation of Reynolds's production, says: 'In
return for your Dish of Filberts, I have gathered a few Catkins, I hope
they'll look pretty. ' Then follow these lines, entitled, 'To J. H.
