Footnotes

[805:1] Translated by N. Schink, London, 1799.

Into the silent land!

Ah, who shall lead us thither?

The Silent Land.

Who in life's battle firm doth stand

Shall bear hope's tender blossoms

Into the silent land!

The Silent Land.

"It is more than a crime; it is a political fault,"[805:2]—words which I record, because they have been repeated and attributed to others.

Memoirs of Fouché.

Death is an eternal sleep.

Inscription placed by his orders on the Gates of the Cemeteries in 1794.