Ll. 23, 24. _Qu'il plie... sa tête à la prière, et son âme aux
affronts_, is slovenly written, the preposition _à_ having a different
meaning in _à la prière_ (for which see note to p. 1, l. 18) and in _aux
affronts_.
Ll. 41-44. Amphis in Stobaeus, _Florilegium_, lx.
L. 42. _On pleure._ This _on_ where we should expect _je_ must have been
attracted by the _on_ in the sentence immediately preceding, and there
is a fine effect in its use instead of the invidious _I_. The avowal, in
this generalized shape, gains in discretion.