composer. Cf. in Racine, Brit. v

"Mais ceux qui de la cour ont un plus long usage Sur les yeux de César composent leur visage."

One is reminded of a passage in Macbeth :

"he died As one that had been studied in his death To throw away the dearest thing he owed As 'twere a careless trifle."

L 10. héroïque, remember that h is aspirated in héros, but not in héroïque. The long adjective digne... guerriers is coupled by et to héroïque. In English we omit 'and.'