320 UNIVERSITY OF COI^KADO STUDIES 



King of Death. But I, ah woe is me ! rau8t liv»^, lor 1 a goddess 

 am, and may not follow thee.^'^ 



Stanza XXVII. 



" O gentle child, beautiful as thou wert, 

 Why didst thou leave the trodden paths of men 

 Too soon, and with weak hands though mighty heart 

 Dare the unpastured dragon in his den 'i 



This is an evident reference to Aphrodite's reproach of Adonis 

 for his bold fondness for the chase in which he met his death by the 

 tusk of the wild boar. 



Bion, 60, 61. Why wert thou overbold to follow the hunt : 

 Why wert thou, who art so fair, mad to fight with the wild beast ? '■> 



The wild beast of Shelley, " the dragon in his den," evidently 

 refers to the reviewers, who by their harsh criticism of Keats, 

 hastened, according to Shelley, his death. 



('^ 0)9 iSev, a)<t ivoTjaev 'AStovi.8o^ a(r')(€TOv €\ko^, 

 o)? i8e (f>oivcov al/xa ixapaivofievm irepl firjpw, - 

 7rd^ea<; a/JLireTdaacra Kivvpero • p-eivov "ASavi, 

 SvTTTOTpe pelvov "AScovi, iravuaTarov q)<? ae Ki')(^eito, 

 0)9 ae TrepiTTTV^co koI ^etXea ^^iXea ipi^(o. 

 eypeo tvtOov "ABtovi, to B'av irvparov p,e (fiiXTjaov, 

 TOcraovTOv p,€ ^i\r}crov^ ocrov ^(oet to (f)i\T)fxa, 

 ***** -* 



€/c Be TTLCO Tou epooTU, (^iXrjpa Be tovto (pvXd^co 

 0)9 o"' avTov Tov "ABcoviv, iirel av pe Bvapope ^evyei'i, 

 (f)ev'yeL<; paupov "ABojvl, /cat ep^eat ei'9 ' A'x^epovTa 

 Tra/a' crTvyvov ^aaiXr/a koI dypiov ■ a Be TdXaiva 

 ^(0(o Kal ^eo9 ippc koI ov Bvvapai are BuoKetv. 



(■'') Ti yap ToXpape Kvvayel^\ 



KaXb<i etiiv ti' toctovtov epiqvao Orjpl TraXaieiv, 



