Note 39 — THE GAUGER’S POCKET[35]
Reading edition
The allusion is to a passage in Æschylus, “Prom. Vinct.” 90.
ποντίων τε κυμάτων ἀνήριθμον γέλασμα.
It was a favourite metaphor of Hawker’s, and occurs over and over again in his poetry. The best instance is in “The Quest of the Sangraal,” where he apostrophises Cornwall.
“Thy streams that march in music to the sea, ’Mid Ocean’s merry noise, his billowy laugh.”