[47] Thou of the Ages.]—­The Phrygian All-Father, identified with Zeus, son of Kronos. (Cf. on p. 11.)

[48] Now hast thou found thy prayer.]—­The Gods have deserted her, but she has still the dead. (Cf. above, on p. 71.)

[49] Forth to the dark Greek ships.]—­Curiously like another magnificent ending of a great poem, that of the Chanson de Roland, where Charlemagne is called forth on a fresh quest: 

“Deus,” dist li Reis, “si penuse est ma vie!” Pluret des oilz, sa barbe blanche tiret....