o'ermaster'd (16), vanquished.

orison (68, 169), prayer. French, oraison.

overweening (7), arrogant, presumptuous.

palpably (185), plainly; lit. in such a manner as to be perceived by the touch.

paralleled (40), equalled.

parricide (47), murder of a parent.

Pedantry (50), a boastful display of learning, or an obstinate adherence to the rules of a profession. Here 'Pedantry' is abstract for concrete, 'the pedant or connoisseur.'

*pinnacle (109), used as transitive verb, 'form the pinnacle of.' preceding (86), going before: 'preceding day' = 'the dust of those who had died before him.'

prescribe (77), lay down rules for. profuse (101), spendthrift.

proscribed (57), put outside the protection of the law, condemned 6

to banishment or death.

prostitute (113), subst., a base hireling.

pyramid (66), here used loosely for colossal tomb.'

*rebuoy'd (22), buoyed up again.

redundant (48), overflowing.

reek (171), vapour.

rehearse (77), repeat, recount, tell the story of.

requiem (58), a hymn or mass sung for the repose of the soul of the dead; from the first word Requiem (rest) of a Roman Catholic hymn.

resolved (56, 166), dissolved, but with the further notion of 'brought back to their original state.'

resume (9), take again.

revivifying (55), restoring to life.

sanguine (65), adj., of blood.

sarcophagus (30), Greek word, stone coffin.

scene (87), stage, theatre; lit. the background of a stage. scimitar (16), properly a short Oriental sword, here used simply for 'sword.'

siren (58), adj., bewitching, seductive, like the fabled song of the sirens.

spouseless (11), without spouse or husband.

sublime (110), used in its literal sense, 'lifted up.'

*sublimity (54), abstract for concrete, sublime spirit.

*sufferance (78), sufferings.

supine (84), prostrate; lit., lying on the back. symmetry (35), well-ordered arrangement.

*tannen (20), German word for fir-trees.

*thrall (97), thraldom, servitude.

*thunderstrike (181), strike with thunder. The participle, 'thunderstruck' is common.

,

tiara (2), crown. The word is used in ancient Greek of the lofty ornamental head-dress of the Persians.

used specially of the Pope's triple crown.

Titanic (46), gigantic. race of giants.

Later it was

The Titans in Greek mythology were a

transport (119), subst., delight that carries one beside oneself. umbrage (32), shade.

uneradicable (126), more commonly ineradicable, 'unable to be rooted up.'

unknell'd (179), without the tolling of the funeral bell.

upas (126), a tree common in the forests of Java, formerly believed to destroy all vegetation in its neighbourhood.

wanton (184), v., to sport.

water-column (18), water-spout.

venal (113), able to be bought for a price, for sale.

vent (70), escape from confinement, opening.

votary (115), devotee, worshipper.

*yawn (63), active verb, make to yawn.

zephyr (68), west wind.

INDEX OF NAMES.

The Roman numeral gives the Canto, the Arabic the Stanza