[L. 55.] cet air, the Ranz-des-Vaches.
[L. 62 ff.] Cf. Horace, Epod. ii. 39 ff.
[l. 73.] aux lieux amers. England; where Chénier made a stay as Secretary to the French Embassy. For aux = en les see note to p. 16, l. 308.
[L. 79.] Arve. The Arve (noisy water), a river in Haute-Savoie, waters the valley of Chamouni and falls into the Rhône near Geneva. For the omission of the article see note to p. 56, l. 5.
[L. 80.] la cime. Engelberg; in Unterwalden.
[L. 85.] monts chevelus. Dubellay has 'forêts chevelues' and J.-B. Rousseau 'monts chevelus,' Cf. Virgil, Ecl. v. 63.
[Ll. 86.] Qui contenez. In the sense which E. contain formerly had, of 'to confine.'
[L. 93.] grotte.... The Trou de Saint Béat or Saint Bat by the Lake of Thun, famous for its stalactites, where an English gentleman is said to have ended his days in abstinence.
XV. O DÉLICES D'AMOUR!...
In the editions by G. de Chénier and Moland this piece appears among the Élégies italiennes, under the title Éloge de la vieillesse. A. Chénier had marked it [Greek: Eleg. ital]. His design is here, as we are told in one of his notes, to 'contredire pied à pied l'élégie contre la vieillesse.' The poem has been left unfinished.