[518]: Fin du deuxième Faust.—Prologue dans le ciel.

[519]:

This let him know,
Lest, wilfully transgressing, he pretend
Surprisal, unadmonish'd, unforewarn'd.

(Liv. V.)

[520]:

But us he sends upon his high behests
For state, as sovran king; and to inure
Our prompt obedience....
Glad we return'd up to the coasts of light
Ere Sabbath-evening. So we had in charge.

(Liv. VIII.)

[521]:

Those who
Melodious hymns, about the sovran throne,
Alternate all night long.

[522]: Cela fait penser à l'histoire d'Irax, dans Voltaire, condamné à souffrir sans trêve et sans fin les éloges de quatre chambellans, et cette cantate: