14. reached out: inclined (13) has both its primary, physical sense, 'bend toward' (L. inclino, 'lean, bend') and also a metaphorical sense, 'have an inclination, bend one's will towards.' The flight of Milton's dream wife recalls the moment of tragic loss when Orpheus falters and Eurydice returns to the underworld, as told by Ovid, in the Metamorphoses, "He stretched out his arms, eager to catch her or to feel her clasp; but, unhappy one, he clasped nothing but the yielding air" (10.58-59).