[52]'One departed world:' the world before the flood. [53]'Being lost:' referring to the First Night. [54]'Her:' Lucia. [55]'Favonian:' of or relating to the west wind. Mild; benign.--ee [56]'Prometheus:' Night Eighth. [57]'Intestine:' adj., internal; civil.--ee [58]'Elance:' to throw as a lance; to hurl; to dart.--ee [59]'Lately fought:' Night Eighth. [60]'Orrery:' a mechanical model of the solar system.--ee [61]'Grots:' grottos.--ee [62]'Tenebrious:' Dark and gloomy; ominous.--ee [63]'He who drank:' Socrates. [64]'He of Tusculum:' Cicero. [65]'Him of Corduba:' Seneca. [66]'Defecate:' to remove (impurities, as in a chemical solution); clarify.--ee [67]'Ajalon's:' "Sun, stand thou still on Gibeon; and thou, Moon, in the valley of Ajalon" (Josh. 10:12).--ee [68]'Fane:' place dedicated to some deity, a sanctuary, fr. fari to speak.--ed. [69]'Jakes:' latrine or privy.--ee [70]'Heliopolis:' meaning the _City of the Sun_. [71]'Him of Uz:' referring to Job's language, 'Oh that I knew where I might find him!' &c. [72]'Eridanus,' or Phaeton: famous for his fall from the chariot of the sun. [73]'Great Vine:' John xv. 1. [74]'Lately:' Nights Sixth and Seventh. [75]'Philip's ear:' 'Remember, Philip, thou art mortal.' [76]Prov. viii. 31. [77]'Titled:' The Consolation. [78]'Him of Gaza:' Samson. THE END. BALLANTYNE, PRINTER, EDINBURGH. LIBRARY EDITION OF THE BRITISH POETS. ISSUE FOR THE SECOND YEAR. The Publisher begs to announce that the Issue for the Second Year will consist of the Poetical Works of BUTLER, 2 vols.; COWPER, 3 vols.; BLAIR, BRUCE, LOGAN, BEATTIE, and FALCONER, 1 vol. These will immediately be followed by the publication of the Poetical Works of DRYDEN, POPE, BURNS, &c. &c. The Publisher has much gratification in referring to the reception which this Series of the British Poets has met with, and he begs to assure the Subscribers that every exertion will be made to insure this Edition being distinguished by the specific features proposed, namely, "accuracy in the text, elegance of appearance, and extreme cheapness." The arrangements which now exist for collating the text, and securing accuracy in this important feature, are such as warrant the assertion that this Edition will be found to stand a favourable comparison with any hitherto published, or any that may hereafter be issued.