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than now. Ibid. L. 8. The sable stoled sorcerers bear his worshipt arkThese sable stoled priests are a picturesque device of the poet. The monumental evidence all goes to show that the priesthood were clothed in white robes, over which, when engaged in the celebration of high religious ceremonies, they wore a panther skin upon the shoulders. The sacred ark was made in the form of a boat and adorned with a central shrine supported by winged genii. This shrine, which contained the image, or symbol, of the God, was covered by a veil; and the boat was generally decorated at prow and stern with carved rams' heads, emblematic of Kneph the creative, or primal deity. This ark was carried on men's shoulders by means of poles and rings. See the Mosaic description of the ark of the Covenant, which was unquestionably modelled on the sacred arks of the Egyptians. Verse 25. L. 6. Typhon huge ending in snaky twine.-The Typhon of the Egyptians was usually represented under the form of an animal resembling an ass, with pointed ears and a long sharp muzzle. In later times-that is, during the period of Roman rule-he appears as a dragon, and Horus, who slew him, takes the form of a hawkheaded warrior in Roman costume. In these representations, M. Clermont Ganneau has recognised the origin of the myth of St. George and the Dragon. St. George, it should be added, is the patron saint of the Coptic Christians, as Horus was the favorite warrior-deity of their pagan forefathers. Here, then, as in so many other instances, we see conversion made easy by the translation of a local God into a Christian saint. The Etruscan Typhon is represented as a man to the waist, with twisted snakes for legs. Milton had probably seen some antique Etruscan gem engraved with this type. Verse 27. L.. 8. bright harnesd angels-i. e. bright-armoured. In old French, harnois was man's armour, harnais was horse's armour; which latter, with an altered application, survives as harness in the English of to-day.

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Friends Departed

The Bird

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Wastell, Simon:-
Man's Mortality

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Wotton, Sir Henry:-

Pastoral

Shirley, James:—

The Last Conqueror
Death's Triumph
Holiday in Arcadia

Sidney, Sir Philip:-
A Ditty:

To the Moon

Skelton, John:-

To Maistres Margarete

Smollett, Tobias:-

Ode to Leven Water

Spenser, Edmund:—

Love in Absence
Lament for Astrophel
Sweet and Bitter
Herself all Treasure

Stanley, Thomas :-

Cruel and Fair

Southwell, Robert :-

Chances and Changes

Strode, William:-

Praise of Music

Suckling, Sir John:-

Advice to a Lover
Exchange no Robbery

Swift, Jonathan:—

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