42. Id. iii, verse 24.     

       46. I am not familiar with the exact constitution of the Tarot pack of cards, from which I have obviously departed to suit my own convenience. The Hanged Man, a member of the traditional pack, fits my purpose in two ways:  because he is associated in my mind with the Hanged God of Frazer, and because I associate him with the hooded figure in the passage of the disciples to Emmaus in Part V. The Phoenician Sailor and the Merchant appear later; also the “crowds of people,” and Death by Water is executed in Part IV. The Man with Three Staves       (an authentic member of the Tarot pack) I associate, quite arbitrarily, with the Fisher King himself.     

       60. Cf. Baudelaire:     

 “Fourmillante cité, cité; pleine de rêves, Où le spectre en plein jour raccroche le passant.” 

       63. Cf. Inferno, iii. 55-7.     

 “si lunga tratta di gente, ch’io non avrei mai creduto che morte tanta n’avesse disfatta.” 

       64. Cf. Inferno, iv. 25-7:     

 “Quivi, secondo che per ascoltare, “non avea pianto, ma’ che di sospiri, “che l’aura eterna facevan tremare.” 

       68. A phenomenon which I have often noticed.     

       74. Cf. the Dirge in Webster’s White Devil.     

       76. V. Baudelaire, Preface to Fleurs du Mal.     

II. A GAME OF CHESS

       77. Cf. Antony and Cleopatra, II. ii., l. 190.     

       92. Laquearia. V. Aeneid, I. 726:     

 dependent lychni laquearibus aureis incensi, et noctem flammis funalia vincunt. 

       98. Sylvan scene. V. Milton, Paradise Lost, iv. 140.     

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