The inference which Arthur Platt (_Journal of Philology_, Vol. 24, No.
47) wishes to draw from Eumaeus being told to bring Ulysses’ bow ἀνὰ
δώματα (_Od._ XXI. 234) suggests to met to me the difference which some
people in future ages may wish to draw between the character of Lord
Burleigh’s steps in Tennyson’s poem, according as he was walking up or
pacing down. Wherefrom also the critic will argue that the scene of Lord
Burleigh’s weeping _must_ have been on an inclined plane.
Weeping, weeping late and early,
Walking up and pacing down,
Deeply mourned the Lord of Burleigh,
Burleigh-house by Stamford-town.