L. 44. _L'astre_, the sun, or Phoebus Apollo.

L. 92. _De leur voix argentine._ 'The silvery voice of glasses' is

pretty. André Chénier is depicting a true heathenish paradise.

L. 98. _ingrat à._ We should rather say now _ingrat envers_. Many

adjectives, Haase observes (§ 125 B), now followed by _envers_, _pour_,

_avec_, _de_, &c., were constructed with _à_, e.g. 'A moins que d'être

ingrate _à_ mon libérateur.'--Corneille, _Andr._ v. 2, 1573.

L. 97. _Qu'à ton tour_... May, in return for thy ingratitude, the fair

one...

L. 102. _Ne t'ait vu de sa vie._ May she pretend that she never saw you

before.

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