Note 56 — Chapter XXI · REIGN OF NAPOLEON I. 1804 TO 1814.

“Yes, far from fields there is another Flora, Born of art, and adored by Paris ... Upon nosegays of which zephyrs know nothing, A skilful brush lays cunningly The gold of the gorse, the carmine of the rose, Or the sapphire tints of the iris; And then we see them, amid our orgies, In the ball-room, far from the sun-rays, Bloom in the glare of the wax lights. Art applauding their brilliancy; But on those flowers, children of another Flora, In vain I seek the tears of another Aurora.”