Note i.P. 20, l. 34.
And watch and weep in Eloisa's cell.
The Paraclete, founded by Abelard, in Champagne.
Note k.P. 20, l. 35.
'Twas ever thus. As now at Virgil's tomb.
Vows and pilgrimages are not peculiar to the religious enthusiast. Silius Italicus performed annual ceremonies on the mountain of Posilippo; and it was there that Boccaccio, quasi da un divino estro inspirato, resolved to dedicate his life to the muses.
Note l.P. 21, l. 1.
So Tully paus'd amid the wrecks of Time.
When Cicero was quæstor in Sicily, he discovered the tomb of Archimedes by its mathematical inscription.Tusc. Quæst. v. 3.
Note m.P. 22, l. 11.
Say why the pensive widow loves to weep.
The influence of the associating principle is finely exemplified in the faithful Penelope, when she sheds tears over the bow of Ulysses.
Note n.P. 22, 1. 27.
If chance he hears the song so sweetly wild.
The celebrated Ranz des Vaches; "cet air si chéri des Suisses qu'il fut défendu sous peine de mort de le jouer dans leurs troupes, parce qu'il faisoit fondre en larmes, déserter ou mourir ceux qui l'entendoient, tant il excitoit en eux l'ardent désir de revoir leur pays."—Rousseau.
The maladie du pays is as old as the human heart. Juvenal's little cupbearer
Suspirat longo non visam tempore matrem,
Et casulam, et notos tristis desiderat hœdos.
And the Argive, in the heat of battle,
Dulces moriens reminiscitur Argos.
