ADIEUX DE MARIE STUART

Page 160. — 1. Marie Stuart, also known as Mary Queen of Scots, was born in Scotland, but spent most of her youth in France, a country which she tenderly loved. This poem is supposed to express her feelings as she left France in order to assume the crown of Scotland. — 2. d'où je crois me voir bannir, from which I think I see myself banished. — 3. peu touché, little touched, that is, not touched at all. — 4. Translate pour me rendre à ton rivage, after the next line. — 5. Je ceignis les lis, I put on the lilies, that is, I put on the crown of France, the lily being the emblem of royalty. — 6. il refers to peuple. — 7. applaudir; comp. I., 2, note 4. — 8. printemps,^/////.— g. Calédonie, Scotland. — 10. Trans. Le cours de mon sort va changer.