14. The dappled sky. Cf. Milton, L'Allegro, 44: "Till the dappled dawn
doth rise;" and Shakespeare, Much Ado, v. 3. 25:
"and look, the gentle day,
Before the wheels of Phoebus, round about
Dapples the drowsy east with spots of gray."
15. By. The word is used for the rhyme, but perhaps gives the idea of a
hurry--muttered off the prayers.