213. ~pure-eyed Faith~. Comp. _Lyc._ 81, "those pure eyes And perfect witness of all-judging Jove"; also the Scriptural words, "God is of purer eyes than to behold iniquity." The maiden, whose safeguard is her purity, calls on Faith, Hope, and Chastity, each being characterised by an epithet denoting purity of thought and act, viz. 'pure-eyed,' 'white-handed,' and 'unblemished.' The placing of Chastity instead of Charity in the trio is significant: see i. _Cor._ xiii. 214. ~hovering angel~. Hope hovers over the maiden to protect her. The word 'hover' is found frequently in the sense of 'shelter.' girt, surrounded. ~golden wings~. In _Il Pens._ 52, Contemplation "soars on golden wing." 216. ~see ye visibly~, _i.e._ you are not mere shapes, but living presences. _Ye_: here the object of the verb. "This confusion between _ye_ and _you_ did not exist in old English; _ye_ was always used as a nominative, and _you_ as a dative or accusative. In the English Bible the distinction is very carefully observed, but in the dramatists of the Elizabethan period there is a very loose use of the two forms" (Morris). It is so in Milton, who has _ye_ as nominative, accusative, and dative; comp. lines 513, 967, 1020; also _Arc._ 40, 81, 101. It may be noted that _ye_ can be pronounced more rapidly than _you_, and is therefore frequent when an unaccented syllable is required. 217. ~the Supreme Good~. God being the Supreme Good, if evil exists, it must exist for God's purposes. Evil exists for the sake of 'vengeance' or punishment. 219. ~glistering guardian~, _i.e._ one clad in the 'pure ambrosial weeds' of l. 16. _Glister_, _glisten_, _glitter_, and _glint_ are cognate words. 221. ~Was I deceived~? There is a break in the construction at the end of line 220. The girl's trust in Heaven is suddenly strengthened by a glimpse of light in the dark sky. Warton regards the repetition of the same words in lines 223, 224 as beautifully expressing the confidence of an unaccusing conscience. 222. ~her~ = its. In Latin _nubes_, a cloud, is feminine. 223. ~does ... turn ... and casts~. Comp. _Il Pens._ 46, 'doth diet' and 'hears.' When two co-ordinate verbs are of the same tense and mood the auxiliary verb should apply to both. The above construction is due probably to change of thought. 225. ~tufted grove~. Comp. _L'Alleg._ 78: "bosomed high in _tufted_ trees." 226. ~hallo~. Also _hallow_ (as in Milton's editions), _halloo_, _halloa_, and _holloa_. 227. ~make to be heard~. Make = cause. 228. ~new-enlivened spirits~, _i.e._ my spirits that have been newly enlivened: for the form of the compound adjective comp. note, l. 36. 229. ~they~, _i.e._ the brothers.