[154] 105. =Gossip= originally meant a sponsor at baptism (_God-sib_), then a boon companion, and finally a tattler. [155] 115. =Holy loom.= See Introductory Note. [156] 120. =Witch's sieve.= This refers to the superstition that witches could hold water in sieves and could sail in them. Cf. _Macbeth_, I. 3. 1, 8:-- "But in a sieve I'll thither sail, And, like a rat without a tail, I'll do, I'll do, and I'll do." [157] 126. =Mickle=; much. [158] 135. =Lap.= "Madeline is asleep in her bed; but she is also asleep in accordance with the legends of the season; and therefore the bed becomes their lap as well as sleep's." --LEIGH HUNT. [159] 138. How make =purple riot= in his heart? [160] 171. =Merlin= was the sorcerer in Arthur's court. Vivien succeeded in getting from him a secret by which she shut him up in a hollow tree. See Tennyson's _Merlin and Vivien_. Malory has another version of the story. [161] 173. =Cates=; provisions,--especially rich, luxurious provisions. Cf. _cater_, _caterer_. [162] 174. =Tambour frame.= Tambour is a kind of drum; cf. _tambourine_. A tambour frame is a round frame for holding material which is to be embroidered. [163] 208. =Casement high....= On these next three stanzas Keats spent much time. They are considered beautiful description. Why? [164] 214. =Heraldries= are coats of arms. [165] 215. =Emblazonings=; colored heraldries. [166] 218. =Gules=; the tincture red. In a shield without color gules is indicated by vertical parallel lines. [167] 241. =Missal=; a mass book for the year. What is the meaning of this line? =Paynims=; pagans. [168] 257. =Morphean.= Morpheus was the god of sleep. [169] 262. =Azure-lidded sleep.= Note the different senses appealed to in these next stanzas. Keats is called one of our most sensuous poets. [170] 266. =Soother=; used here for _more soothing_. [171] 267. What are =lucent syrops=? Note derivation. [172] 277. =Eremite=; hermit. [173] 292. Keats wrote a poem about this time called _La Belle Dame sans Merci_. [174] 346. =Wassailers= was a term originally used for men drinking each other's health with the words _wes h[=a]l_, be whole. [175] 375. Angela. Have the deaths of Angela and the Beadsman been foretold? ALFRED TENNYSON