un bois de myrtes: a myrtle grove

8. c'en est fait: it is ail ovcr, i. e. ail power of flight is lost. — à peine peut-il raser: he scarce can lift himself.

Page 23. 4. ô sagesse!: "0 Wisdom! like a dove thou speakest."

In poetry and in literature generally the dove is an emblem of innocence, gentleness, and tender affection. In sacred literature and in Christian art it is the symbol of the Holy Ghost.

" The Holy Ghost descended in a bodily shape like a dove upon him." — Luke iii., 22.