des hommes transportés, ' of enraptured men

Page 166. 1. 117. Poussant . . . deviné, rushing forth with unanimous impulse to the half-seen Temple.

1. 118. Et recevant . . . adore. The enthusiastic hymn brings the god down into their hearts, makes him exist and be présent.

Page 167. 11. 136-7. Cf. André Chénier's poetical art summed up in a famous Une : —

Sur des pensers nouveaux faisons des vers antiques.

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11. 146-7. la récompense oit chacun d'entre nous s'affermit, ' the rcward by the hope of which each of us feels himself strengthened.'

1. 156. yiux fertiles loisirs, ' from among the fruitful moments of leisure' — i.e. Art can bring to everlasting perfection the fruit of the few exquisite hours which it takes whole years of leisure to produce.

1. 162. ces /êtes, i.e. the feast ordained to celebrate the warrior's récent victory. See Introduction, p. xli.

Page 168. I. 191. Je leurs bornes, the bounds assigned to them by nature, by the undeveloped state of their intellects.