" While Cajsar's chambers and the Augustan halls 



Grovel on earth in indistinct decay." 



Manfred, act iii. 



Nous retrouvons encore des vestiges des fleurs antediluviennes qui animereut 

 les premiers gazons du globe ! 



We still find vestiges of the antediluvian flowers which gave life to the iirst 

 meadows on earth. 



