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GRAY'S POEMS

(The web is wove. The work is done.) 100Stay, oh stay! nor thus forlorn Leave me unbless'd, unpitied, here to mourn: In yon bright track, that fires the western skies, They melt, they vanish from my eyes. 104But oh what solemn scenes on Snowdon's heightDescending slow their glittering skirts unroll? Visions of glory, spare my aching sight!

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Variants

↑ V. 101. Thus] Here. MS.
↑ V. 102. Me unbless'd, unpitied, here] Your despairing Caradoc. MS.
↑ V. 103. Track] Clouds. MS.
↑ V. 104. Melt] Sink. MS.
↑ V. 105. Solemn scenes] Scenes of Heaven. MS.
↑ V. 106. Glittering] Golden. MS.

Notes

for her lord is well known. The monuments of his regret and sorrow for the loss of her, are still to be seen at Northampton, Gaddington, Waltham, and other places. Gray.

↑ V. 106. Milt. P. L. xi. 332. "Though but his utmost skirts of glory." Luke.
↑ V. 107. From Dryden. State of Innocence, act iv. sc. 1;

"Their glory shoots upon my aching sight."
↑ V. 109. It was the common belief of the Welsh nation, that King Arthur was still alive in Fairyland, and would return again to reign over Britain.
↑ V. 110. Both Merlin and Taliessin had prophesied, that the Welsh should regain their sovereignty over this island; which seemed to be accomplished in the house of Tudor. Gray.
↑ V. 111. "Throngs of knights and barons bold," Milton. L'Alleg, 119. Luke.
↑ V. 112. His starry front low rooft beneath the skies," Milton. Ode on the Passion, iii. 18. "Sideribus similes oculos," Ovid. Met. i. 499. "Hen! ubi siderei vultus," Stat. Theb. v. 613. "Sidereo læta supercilio," Claud, xv. v. 58; and "Sidereos oculos," Manilius Ast. iv. 905; and, lastly, "Gli occhi sereni, et le stellanti ciglia," Petr. Son. clxvii v. 9.

[1] V. 101. Thus] Here. MS.

[2] V. 102. Me unbless'd, unpitied, here] Your despairing Caradoc. MS.

[3] V. 103. Track] Clouds. MS.

[4] V. 104. Melt] Sink. MS.

[5] V. 105. Solemn scenes] Scenes of Heaven. MS.

[6] V. 106. Glittering] Golden. MS.

[8] V. 106. Milt. P. L. xi. 332. "Though but his utmost skirts of glory." Luke.

[9] V. 107. From Dryden. State of Innocence, act iv. sc. 1;

"Their glory shoots upon my aching sight."

[10] V. 109. It was the common belief of the Welsh nation, that King Arthur was still alive in Fairyland, and would return again to reign over Britain.

[11] V. 110. Both Merlin and Taliessin had prophesied, that the Welsh should regain their sovereignty over this island; which seemed to be accomplished in the house of Tudor. Gray.

[12] V. 111. "Throngs of knights and barons bold," Milton. L'Alleg, 119. Luke.

[13] V. 112. His starry front low rooft beneath the skies," Milton. Ode on the Passion, iii. 18. "Sideribus similes oculos," Ovid. Met. i. 499. "Hen! ubi siderei vultus," Stat. Theb. v. 613. "Sidereo læta supercilio," Claud, xv. v. 58; and "Sidereos oculos," Manilius Ast. iv. 905; and, lastly, "Gli occhi sereni, et le stellanti ciglia," Petr. Son. clxvii v. 9.

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