TIME. Pantheus, Apollo's priest, a sacred name, 295 Had 'scaped (1) the Grecian swords, and pass'd the flame; Some block the narrow streets; some scour the wide; The clock strikes (4) one. But by its loss. Is wise in man. TIME. We take no note of time, To give it then a tongue I feel the solemn sound. If heard aright, (1) 'Scaped pour escaped, échappé. (2) Loaded, chargé. (3) The unwary, les insouciants. (4) The clock strikes, l'horloge sonne (frappe); les Anglais disent to strike, frapper, en parlant de l'horloge, et to ring, sonner, en parlant des cloches. It is the knell (1) of my departed hours. Where are they? With the years beyond the flood (2). WOMAN. O woman! through each change of life ROLLS. 1 TRUE HONOUR. Honour and shame from no condition rise. Act well your part there all the honour lies. Fortune in men has some small difference made; (1) Knell, glas, cloche funéraire. (2) Flood, le déluge; prononcez fleudde: ce mot rime avec blood, sang, les seuls mots en anglais où les deux o ont ce son. (3) Sternest, le plus sévère. (4) To flaunt, faire le fier, se faire craindre. (5) To flutter, voltiger, se pavaner. (6) Hooded, en capuchon. "What differ more (you cry) than crown and cowl (1) ?” I'll tell you, friend! A wise man and a fool. You'll find, if once the monarch acts the monk, Stuck o'er with (5) titles, and hung round with strings (6), In quiet flow (7) from Lucrece to Lucrece : Has crept through scoundrels (8) ever since the flood; Nor own your fathers have been fools so long. Alas! not all the blood of all the Howards (9). POPE. (1) Cowl, calotte ou capuchon. (3) Fellow, plébéien, roturier. (4) Prunello, sortes d'étoffe dont on fait les robes des prêtres. (5) Stuck o'er with, couvert de. (6) Strings, cordons, décorations. (7) Quiet flow, course non interrompue, ligne droite, descente. (8) Scoundrels, mauvais sujets, fripons. (9) Howard, nom de famille des ducs de Norfolk, une des premières en Angleterre. RICHES A SOURCE OF TROUBLE. He who possesses much, has much to lose, 1-(that's the fancied bard who sings-not me) Am safe from all the agonies of loss, From robber-debtor-borrowing friend (4)—am free, And therefore such can never make me cross (5). The wink might join in conflict with the sea; I have no argosies (6) for storms to toss : Earthquakes might wreck from Groenland to the line; They could not bury house nor land of mine. Money involves the world in tribulation, (1) To try, éprouver. (2) Clutch, griffe. (3) To phlebotomize, tirer du sang. (4) Borrowing fuiend, un ami qui emprunte votre argent. (5) Cross, de mauvaise humeur. (6) Argosies, vaisseaux marchands. Peu usité. RICHES A SOURCE OF TROUBLE. Named every day and hour with execration, All things alarm the monied man-the wind Thinks of his tenants (4),-reckons their arrears,- A monarch's death, the altering of a law,— Chances and changes, barr'd from all assurance (8), (1) To appal, effrayer. (2) Barns, des granges. 293 (3) Blown about his ears, renversé par le vent, tombé sur sa tête. (4) Tenants, locataires. (5) Goods or chattels, biens ou meubles. (6) Intelligence, nouvelles. (7) A legal flaw, défaut dans un acte, qui vous fait perdre votre procès. (Terme de pratique.) (8) Barred from all assurance, qu'on ne peut pas faire as surer. |