Note 387 — BOOK V[218] (continued 2)
Alexander Teixeira de Mattos translation
"Arras' candle so sacred and bright, The torch that from far Provence came, Although they afford us no light, Are setting our fair France aflame; We cannot touch them, no doubt. But hope to snuff both of them out."
Robespierre was deputy for Arras, Mirabeau for Aix, the old capital of Provence.—T.