"I heard the wrack,
As earth and sky would mingle."
—Milton, Paradise Lost.
"While oft in whirls the mad tornado flies, Mingling the ravaged landscape with the skies." —Goldsmith, Deserted Village. <poem> 5:29. Eurus.
The east wind. It is the poet's way to
single out one wind and use it as general word for winds.
One example of the use of the specific for the generic.
5:33. Routs.
<poem>
"Thou frownest, and old Æolus thy foe
Skulks to his cavern, 'mid the gruff complaint
Of all his rebel tempests. Dark clouds faint
When, from thy diadem, a silver gleam
Slants over blue dominion."
—Keats, Endymion.
5:34. Cymothoë and Triton. Lesser sea deities.
"From thy dead lips a clearer note is born Than ever Triton blew from wreathèd horn." —Holmes, Chambered Nautilus.
5:37. Trident.
"It seem'd as there the British Neptune stood,
With all his hosts of waters at command,
Beneath them to submit th' officious flood;
And with his trident shov'd them off the sand."
—Dryden, Annus Mirabilis.
6:4. Weapon.
"Rage prompted them at length, and found them arms
Against such hellish mischief fit to oppose."
—Milton, Paradise Lost.
