le compagnon de l'éclair: i.e. thunder

19. Chœurs éclatants: Shining choir s. '* When the morning stars sang together." — Joh.

" There's not the smallest orb which thou behold'st But in its motion like an angel sings."

— Shakespeare.

Page 79. 17. vase céleste: i.e. the Urn of Aquarius. In the western part of Turkey in Asia the constellation of Aquarius signifies rain. Early legends of Western Asia associate this constellation with the Déluge.

" Aquarius, to whom King Jove has given

Two liquid puise streams 'stead of feathered wings,

Two fan-like fountains."

— Keats.