Vastre heureux, se. the sun

1. 26. lustres, periods of five years; the word originally means the

gênerai purification which was performed at Rome once every five years by the censors: hence the period between two such purifications.

P. 74, 1. 7. 77iiche, wick : the word whence cornes our "match," because matches were originally pièces of cotton or similar substance steeped in some inflammable material,

1. 24. souris, subs. masc. (L. sîibridcrê); not to be confounded with souris, subs. fem. (L. sorex), a mouse.

P. 75, 1. 26. assister à, to be présent at.

du monde. "Jusqu'à preuve contraire, il est vraisemblable que Delille a atteint les limites du genre descriptif. D'autres ont fait autrement, personne n'a fait aussi bien." (Géruzez.)

Les soirées d'hiver.

P. 76, 1. I. marteau, the knocker of the door. See Cowper's Task, The winter evening.

1. 4. givre (etym.î), hoar frost. — poudré de frimas. "On se poudrait encore à cette époque. De là ce trait auquel Delille dut se complaire." (Merlet.)— yr/w(2j, rime (etym. O. Scand. hrim).

1. 5. "News from ail nations lumbering at his back" (Cowpcr).

1. 7. de cour. "De cours étrangères, car nous étions alors en république." (Merlet.)

1.8. " Births, deaths and marriages, epistles wet With tears" (Cowper).