—echoing Ardven — echoing Cona,— echoing Morven —echoing Selma — echoing Gulmal— ecAo- 

 ing Cromla — echoing Cmca'— echoing Caracha — echoing Etha — echoing Sora." 



We have also a superabundance of Moss : 



" Mossy rocks — mossy streams — mossy plains — mossy towers — mossy cave — mossy hill — 

 mossy bank — inossy stone — mossy fountain — mossy brow — the moss of years — heads of moss." 



And of Clouds: 



" Slow as a gathering cloud — we see the cloud of death — like the cloud of a shower — thy 

 form is like a watery cloud." 



And of Fire: 



;. Jifjiiub;. 



"Beam of_^re — soul of_^re — helmet oi fire — pUlar of_^re— the kings on either side are 

 Vikt fires — a burning fire — a h\ae fire — the spreading of their fire — his rage was a fire — my 

 eyes roll in fire — thy sword is a vapour half-kindled with fire — thine eyes a furnace of 

 fire." 



The same images are repeated almost as frequently as the same 

 epithets. The moon, for instance, is presented to us in every page, 

 in every hue, in all the variety of her phases : dark-robed, bloody, 

 aged, darkened, half-enlightened, dim and red on the western wave ; 

 wan and cold in the east ; in autumn, full-orbed, eclipsed, and dim. 

 Meteors also are as numerous, continually shooting and darting to 

 and fro ; and when ever a maiden appears we may be sure the rain- 

 bow is not far distant. 



"Bright as a rainbow on streams came Lulan's white-bosomed maid — Strinadona's 

 face was heaven's bow in showers — Who fell on Carun's banks ? — He was blooming as the 

 bow of the slwwer — Vinvela came in her beauty, like the showery bow — I see thee fair 

 moving on the plain, bright as the bow of heaven — Ryno was like the bow of the shower 

 seen far distant on the stream — The daughters of Moi-ven came forth like the bow of the 

 shower." 



