That courtly pomp, must yield to rural love.

A Lucian rising from the silent tomb,

'Twas his, to pierce through Error's doubtful gloom;

And, with resistless eye, at once to dart

Full on the hidden secrets of the heart.—

Union divine!—in Fontenelle we find

A glowing genius, and a gentle mind!

PREFACE
BY
BERNARD DE FONTENELLE.