XIII. o nécessité dure!… – André Chénier
L. 3. tissus. See note to p. 15, l. 260.
L. 7. Voltaire, Mérope, II. ii: ‘Il souffre le mépris qui suit la
pauvreté.’
Ll. 14, 15. Mes parents,… Mes écrits imparfaits. Elliptically
expressed, the thought understood being obviously: ‘such are the
objections raised by my heart.’ Imparfaits, of course, means
unfinished.’
Ll. 21. aveugle d’espérance, blinded by hope.
