L. 248. _ces larmes..._ Ovid, _Met._ ii. 584, explains the formation of
amber by the tears the sisters of Phaeton shed.
L. 262. _et dressent tes cheveux._ G. de Chénier, in his edition, prints
_et dresser tes cheveux_. But the correction is unnecessary, as the same
transitive employment of the verb occurs in a fragment of Chénier: '[Il]
verse une sueur froide et _dresse ses cheveux_.'
L. 272. _le docte ciseau._ _Docte_, meaning 'scholarly,' rather than
'skilful,' is, in my opinion at least, not very apposite here.
L. 277. _flanes invaincus aux travaux_, i.e. _dans les_ travaux. See
note to p. 16, l. 308. An allusion to Hercules.