[Sonnet VI.l.

13.] This hill at St.Alban's must have been an object of great interest to the imagination of the venerable Bede, who thus describes it, with a delicate feeling delightful to meet with in that rude age, traces of which are frequent in his works:--'Variis herbarum floribus depictus imo usquequaque vestitus, in quo nihil repente arduum, nihil praeceps, nihil abruptum, quem lateribus longe lateque deductum in modum aequoris natura complanat, dignum videlicet eum pro insita sibi specie venustatis jam olim reddens, qui beati martyris canore dicaretur.' 337.

_Hallelujahs_.
'Nor wants the cause the panic-striking aid Of hallelujahs.' [Sonnet XI.ll.

1-2.] Alluding to the victory gained under Germanus.

See Bede.
338.