under sea

From William Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra. The music that signifies Hercules' departure (see God Hercules), "i' the air" and "Under the earth" (4.3.14-5), passes "under sea" in Eliot's poem, thus made suitable for Venice.

reference topics

Antony & Cleopatra
Hercules in Herod's History
"Antony" and "Burbank"
Structural analysis
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