L. 39. _Son nom, sa voix absente errent dans mon oreille._ Chénier had
put the verb in the singular, as is his constant practice (see note
to p. 25, l. 74), and the correction was not necessary. This metaphor
Chénier seems to have delighted in. He repeats it in _Hermès_: 'Autour
du demi-dieu, les princes immobiles Aux accents de sa voix demeuraient
suspendus, Et _l'écoutaient encore quand il ne chantait plus_.' Cf.
Milton, _Par. Lost_, viii, 1-3.