Note 160 — Chapter VII · THE SEARCH RENEWED. (continued 4)
Reading edition
The poet Musset thus sings of the Artist-Princess:
“Ce naïf génie Qui courait à sa mère au doux nom de Marie, Sur son œuvre chéri, penchant son front rêveur A la fille des champs qui sauva sa Patrie Prête sa piété, sa grace et sa pudeur.”— “This simple genius, Who, at the sweet name of Marie, to her mother ran— To the daughter of the fields, the deliverer of her country, Lends her own piety, modesty, and grace.”