y, as they fly over Locksley Hall, looking
like (to me, the spectator) dreary gleams crossing the moorland."

I could supply A. A. D. with several examples _in English_, from my
commonplace-book, of the "bold figure of speech not uncommon in the vivid
language of Greece;" and among the rest, one from Tennyson himself, to wit:

"Now, scarce three paces measured from the mound,
We stumbled on a stationary _voice_," &c.

But I doubt whether the poet had those passages in his thought, when he
penned the opening of his noble poem "Locksley Hall." Of course I do not
_know_, any more than A. A. D., and the rest; and I suppose we shall none
of us get any enlightenment "by authority."

HARRY LEROY TEMPLE.

_Lake of Geneva_ (Vol. vii. p. 406.).--The account given in the _Chronicle
of Marius_ of what is called "an earthquake or landslip in the valley of
the {510} Upper Rhone," is evidently that of a sudden _debacle_ destructive
of life and property, but not such as to effect any permanent change in the
configuration of the country. That an antiquary like Montfaucon should have
fallen into the blunder of supposing that the Lacus Lemanus was then
formed, may well excite surprise. The breadth of the new-formed lake, as
given by Marius, is impossible, as the mountains in the valley are scarcely
anywhere more than a mile apart. The valley of the Upper Rhone is liable to
such _debacles_, and one which would fill it might be called a lake,
although of short duration. Having witnessed the effects of the _debacle_
of 1818 a few weeks after it happened, I can easily understand how such a
one as that described by Marius should have produced the effects attributed
to it, and yet have left no traces of its action after the lapse of
centuries.

J. S.

Athenaeum.

_"Inter cuncta micans," &c._ (Vol. vi., p. 413.).--In a small work, _Lives
of Eminent Saxons_, part i. p. 104., the above lines are ascribed to
Aldhelm, and a translation by Mr. Boyd is subjoined.

To Aldhelm also are attributed the lines so often alluded to in "N. & Q.,"
"Roma tibi subito," &c.

B. H. C.

_"Its"_ (Vol. vi., p. 509.; Vol. vii., p. 160.).--As the proposer of the
question on this word, so kindly replied to by MR. KEIGHTLEY, may I give
two instances of its use from the Old Version of the Psalms?

"Which in due season bringeth forth _its_ fruit abundantly."--Ps. i. 3.

"Thou didst prepare first a place, and set _its_ roots so fast."--Ps.
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