Footnotes
[464:1] "Defend me from my friends; I can defend myself from my enemies." The French Ana assign to Maréchal Villars this aphorism when taking leave of Louis XIV.
WILLIAM ROBERT SPENCER. 1770-1834.
Too late I stayed,—forgive the crime!
Unheeded flew the hours;
How noiseless falls the foot of time[464:2]
That only treads on flowers.
Lines to Lady A. Hamilton.