"Ancient form
Thro' which the spirit breathes no more."
73. The tide of the ocean in its flow and ebb is under the influence
of the moon. To get the sense of the metaphor, "fickle" must be read
with "Fortune"--unless, perchance, we like Juliet regard the moon as
the "inconstant moon."
81. To protect one's self everyone connives against everyone else.
Compare _Sir Launfal_, I. 11. Instead of climbing Sinais we "cringe
and plot."
82. Compare _Sir Launfal_, I. 26. The whole passage, II. 76-87, is a
distant echo of the second and third stanzas of _Sir Launfal_.
83-85. Puppets: The puppets are the pasteboard actors in the Punch
and Judy show, operated by unseen wires.