FOOTNOTES:
[1] Epicureans were the followers of a philosopher in ancient Greece who taught that pleasure was the great object in life,—an excellent doctrine, if confined to the highest kind of pleasure, which consists in doing good.
[2] A daily journal of the state of the planets.
[3] Written in 1832.
[4] The ancient Greeks supposed that nine goddesses, whom they named Muses, inspired people to write various kinds of poetry.
[5] Sol is the word for sun in Latin, the language spoken by the ancient Romans.
[6] Phœbus was the name for the sun, in the language of the ancient Greeks.
[7] The northern part of Great Britain is called Scotland, the southern part England. The entire people are called British.