Ll. 11-20. An imitation of Bion, _Idyll_ iv.
L. 15. _et sa voix_... _Et_ here introduces a consequence, as in: 'Plus
je vous envisage, _Et_ moins je me remets, monsieur, votre visage,'
Racine, _Plaideurs_, II, iv; or in 'give him an inch, _and_ he take an
ell.' Cf. p. 63, IX, l. 1.
L. 20. _tu fais mes amours._ _Faire_ here is synonymous with _être_ as
in '_faire_ l'admiration de tous.'
L. 28. _Te bêler mes amours._ For another instance of this transitive
use of _bêler_ see p. 46, XXXIII, l. 10.
L. 32, _Plutôt que te laisser._ After _que_ following a comparative,
modern visage prefers _de_ before the infinitive. See Haase, § 88.