"The worm is in the bud of youth, and in the root of age."
Can any similar expression be adduced from the ancient classics?
R. VINCENT
49. Queen Brunéhaut.
—I read in a French book of travels that the abbey of Saint Martin's, at Autun, contained the tomb of Queen Brunéhaut, upon which was engraved the following inscription:
"Ci-gît la Reine Brunéhaut,
A qui le Saint Pape Gregoire
Donna des éloges de gloire,
Qui mettent sa vertu bien haut.
Sa piété pour les saints mystères