Note 6 — Early Poems (continued 3)

Cf. Princess, iii.:— Morn in the white wake of the morning star Came furrowing all the orient into gold, and with both cf. Greene, Orlando Furioso, i., 2:— Seest thou not Lycaon’s son? The hardy plough-swain unto mighty Jove Hath trac’d his silver furrows in the heaven, which in its turn is borrowed from Ariosto, Orl. Fur., xx., lxxxii.:— Apena avea Licaonia prole Per li solchi del ciel volto L’aratro.