"_Aureus_ ipse; sed in foliis, quae plurima circum
Funduntur, violae _sublucet purpura_ nigrae."
See also Pope, _Windsor Forest_, 332: "His shining horns diffus'd a
golden glow;" _Temple of Fame_, 253: "And lucid amber casts a golden
gleam."
24. In the 1st ed. "What cat's a foe to fish?" and in the next line,
"with eyes intent."
31. _Eight times_. Alluding to the proverbial "nine lives" of the
cat.
34. _No dolphin came_. An allusion to the story of Arion, who when
thrown overboard by the sailors for the sake of his wealth was borne
safely to land by a dolphin.
_No Nereid stirr'd_. Cf. Milton, _Lycidas_, 50:
"Where were ye, Nymphs, when the remorseless deep
Closed o'er the head of your lov'd Lycidas?"
35, 36. The reading of 1st ed. is,
"Nor cruel Tom nor Harry heard.
What favourite has a friend?"