Voltaire: A Very Short Introduction by Nicholas Cronk

Author:Nicholas Cronk
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780191512766
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Published: 2016-12-02T05:00:00+00:00

Box 4 How a Voltaire poem became known

I had the satisfaction of seeing the most extraordinary man of the age … : need I add the name of Voltaire? … The Ode which he composed on his first arrival on the banks of the Leman Lake:

O Maison d’Aristippe! O Jardin d’Epicure! etc.

had been imparted as a secret to the Gentleman by whom I was introduced: he allowed me to read it twice; I knew it by heart; as my discretion was not equal to my memory, the author was soon displeased by the circulation of a copy. In writing this trivial anecdote I wished to observe whether my memory was impaired and I have the comfort of finding that every line of the poem is still engraved in fresh and indelible characters.

(Edward Gibbon, Memoirs of my Life)

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