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=1.= The witchery of semilunar light, etc.

A fine comparison of the spiritual to the material.

Define: zany, retrospective.

=6.= As under snow the dæmon of the Spring.

“Dæmon,” spirit.

=8.= Nor might treachery recall, etc.

He had been loved, nothing could change that; he could go on

loving and nothing could change that either. This is the high

note in devotion. “If ye love them that love you, what thank

have ye?”

=16.= Upon the vessel of a hope so great, etc.

The lover is only the vessel of the great passion.

=21.= Now, as before, collusive sky and plain etc.

Sky and plain have conspired to take Hugh’s life, so it seems to

him. They represent distance that yields but still is

unconquered. This idea haunts the “Crawl.”

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