L. 11. _invoquant les étoiles._ A reminiscence, happily adapted, of
Virgil, _Aen._ vi. 338: 'Palinurus... who, while he steering viewed the
stars,... Fell headlong down.'--DRYDEN.
L. 13. _étonnée._ _Étonner_, whence E. _astun_, _stun_, _astony_,
_astonish_, _astound_, from L. _extonare_ class. L. _attonare_, to
strike with a thunderbolt, originally 'to strike senseless, powerless.'
It is here nearer this sense than weakened sense of 'to surprise'.
L. 21. _dans ce monument._ We here find that we are reading a 'funerary
epigram' or epitaph.