PAGE 161. ll. 279-80. _with labouring . . . centuries._ By studying the sky for many hundreds of years wise men found there signs and symbols which they read and interpreted. PAGE 162. l. 298. _demesnes._ Cf. _Lamia_, ii. 155, note. ll. 302-4. _all along . . . faint._ As in l. 286, the god and the sunrise are indistinguishable to Keats. We see them both, and both in one. See Introduction, p. 248. l. 302. _rack_, a drifting mass of distant clouds. Cf. _Lamia_, i. 178, and _Tempest_, IV. i. 156. PAGE 163. ll. 311-12. _the powers . . . creating._ Coelus and Terra (or Tellus), the sky and earth. PAGE 164. l. 345. _Before . . . murmur._ Before the string is drawn tight to let the arrow fly. PAGE 165. l. 349. _region-whisper_, whisper from the wide air. BOOK II. PAGE 167. l. 4. _Cybele_, the wife of Saturn. PAGE 168. l. 17. _stubborn'd_, made strong, a characteristic coinage of Keats, after the Elizabethan manner; cf. _Romeo and Juliet_, IV. i. 16. ll. 22 seq. Cf. i. 161. l. 28. _gurge_, whirlpool. PAGE 169. l. 35. _Of . . . moor_, suggested by Druid stones near Keswick. l. 37. _chancel vault._ As if they stood in a great temple domed by the sky. PAGE 171. l. 66. _Shadow'd_, literally and also metaphorically, in the darkness of his wrath. l. 70. _that second war._ An indication that Keats did not intend to recount this 'second war'; it is not likely that he would have forestalled its chief incident. l. 78. _Ops_, the same as Cybele. l. 79. _No shape distinguishable._ Cf. _Paradise Lost_, ii. 666-8. PAGE 172. l. 97. _mortal_, making him mortal. l. 98. _A disanointing poison_, taking away his kingship and his godhead. PAGE 173. ll. 116-17. _There is . . . voice._ Cf. i. 72-8. The mysterious grandeur of the wind in the trees, whether in calm or storm. PAGE 174. ll. 133-5. _that old . . . darkness._ Uranus was the same as Coelus, the god of the sky. The 'book' is the sky, from which ancient sages drew their lore. Cf. i. 277-80. PAGE 175. l. 153. _palpable_, having material existence; literally, touchable. PAGE 176. l. 159. _unseen parent dear._ Coelus, since the air is invisible. l. 168. _no . . . grove._ 'Sophist and sage' suggests the philosophers of ancient Greece. l. 170. _locks not oozy._ Cf. _Lycidas_, l. 175, 'oozy locks'. This use of the negative is a reminiscence of Milton. ll. 171-2. _murmurs . . . sands._ In this description of the god's utterance is the whole spirit of the element which he personifies. PAGE 177. ll. 182-7. Wise as Saturn was, the greatness of his power had prevented him from realizing that he was neither the beginning nor the end, but a link in the chain of progress. PAGE 178. ll. 203-5. In their hour of downfall a new dominion is revealed to them--a dominion of the soul which rules so long as it is not afraid to see and know.