Levied to side with warring winds, and poise Their lighter wings. Milton, P. L. ii. 908. v. 40. Lest th’ accursed tribe.] Lest the rebellious angels should exult at seeing those who were neutral and therefore less guilty, condemned to the same punishment with themselves. v. 50. A flag.] All the grisly legions that troop Under the sooty flag of Acheron Milton. Comus. v. 56. Who to base fear Yielding, abjur’d his high estate.] This is commonly understood of Celestine the Fifth, who abdicated the papal power in 1294. Venturi mentions a work written by Innocenzio Barcellini, of the Celestine order, and printed in Milan in 1701, In which an attempt is made to put a different interpretation on this passage. v. 70. through the blear light.] Lo fioco lume So Filicaja, canz. vi. st. 12. Qual fioco lume. v. 77. An old man.] Portitor has horrendus aquas et flumina servat Terribili squalore Charon, cui plurima mento Canities inculta jacet; stant lumina flamma. Virg. 7. Aen. Iib. vi. 2. v. 82. In fierce heat and in ice.] The delighted spirit To bathe in fiery floods or to reside In thrilling regions of thick ribbed ice. Shakesp. Measure for Measure, a. iii.s.1. Compare Milton, P. L. b. ii. 600. v. 92. The livid lake.] Vada livida. Virg. Aen. Iib. vi. 320 Totius ut Lacus putidaeque paludis Lividissima, maximeque est profunda vorago. Catullus. xviii. 10. v. 102. With eyes of burning coal.] His looks were dreadful, and his fiery eyes Like two great beacons glared bright and wide. Spenser. F.Q. b. vi. c. vii.st. 42 v. 104. As fall off the light of autumnal leaves.] Quam multa in silvis autumul frigore primo Lapsa cadunt folia. Virg. Aen. lib. vi. 309 Compare Apoll. Rhod. lib. iv. 214. CANTO IV v. 8. A thund’rous sound.] Imitated, as Mr. Thyer has remarked, by Milton, P. L. b. viii. 242. But long ere our approaching heard Noise, other, than the sound of dance or song Torment, and loud lament, and furious rage. v. 50. a puissant one.] Our Saviour. v. 75. Honour the bard Sublime.] Onorate l’altissimo poeta. So Chiabrera, Canz. Eroiche. 32. Onorando l’altissimo poeta. v. 79. Of semblance neither sorrowful nor glad.] She nas to sober ne to glad. Chaucer’s Dream. v. 90. The Monarch of sublimest song.] Homer. v. 100. Fitter left untold.] Che’l tacere e bello, So our Poet, in Canzone 14. La vide in parte che’l tacere e bello, Ruccellai, Le Api, 789. Ch’a dire e brutto ed a tacerlo e bello And Bembo, “Vie pui bello e il tacerle, che il favellarne.” Gli. Asol. lib. 1.