[80]. We make here our acknowledgment of indebtedness to the series of articles in the Civiltà Cattolica entitled “I Destini di Roma,” which was begun Aug. 19, 1871, for a great part of what is to follow in this article.
[81]. A dispensation may have been granted, but Hugo afterwards disavowed the marriage on the plea of the ecclesiastical impediment.
[82]. Virginity and Maternity, long at variance, have made peace in the womb of the Virgin.
[83]. Strew this sacred tomb with flowers. Here, near Virgil, lies Syncerus, his brother in the Muses.
[84]. Farewell, adored Parthenope; sweet siren, farewell! Farewell, enchanted gardens of the Hesperides! Farewell, Mergellina, be mindful of me; accept these tears of regret from the master who has naught else to offer thee! Farewell, shade of my mother; my father’s shade, farewell!
[85]. Let me be depicted in the immortal works of my glorious Sannazzaro, so worthy of the name of Sincerus, and I shall be exalted to the very stars.
[86]. Audin.
[87]. See essay of M. de l’Epinois.
[88]. Frederick Leopold, Count Stolberg, since his return to the Catholic Church, 1800-1819. From hitherto unpublished family documents. By John Janssen. Freiburg in Breisgau: Herder & Co.
[89]. The disease of the age.