Vespoir infldè!e, the deceitful hope

P. 79, 1. I. Des deux pêcheurs de Tliéocrite: allusion to the 2ist idyl ( AXteîs) of the poet Theocritus who flourished during the third century B.c. (?290 — ?2io).

1. 2. Ton sommeil Voffrit le trésor: cp. Theocritus (Calverley's transi.),

"Didst thou e'er study dreams? For visions fair I saw last night ; and fairly thou should'st share The wealth I dream of, as the fish I catch."