Where in the zenith smiles the polar star. At the pole, the stars of the northern hemisphere, alone, are visible; and the polar star is immediately over-head. 228 NOTES. Note 3. Page 188. Line 17. Where faints the magnet 'mid the burning zone. As we approach the equator, the intensity of the magnetic quality gradually diminishes. Note 4. Page 188. Line 19. Where glow the midnight waves in liquid flame. See Mons. Péron's description of the Pyrosoma, or fireflies, in the tropical seas.---Voyage aux Terres Australes. Note 5. Page 189. Line 17. Thou, who hast been, indeed, the pillared light. Exodus. Chap. xiii. Note 6. Page 190. Line 10. The lyre whose song should lull him to repose! The statue of Memnon. Note 7. Page 190. Lines 11 and 12. Some lone memorials mark the silent spot Where Memphis was,—and tell that she is not! The Pyramids are said to have stood in the neighbourhood of Memphis. Note 8. Page 190. Line 13. Balbec is shrouded in mysterious fame! The ancient Heliopolis. Note 9. Page 191. Line 8. Thou dream-like city of the hundred isles! "Where Venice sat in state, throned on her hundred isles !" Childe Harold. Note 10. Page 191. Line 15. Thy lion, looking, o'er the Adrian sea. The lion was the standard of the Venetian republic. |