In 1816 the pavilion was "utterly decayed," and the garden neglected, but Byron gathered "a sprig of _Gibbon's acacia_," and some rose leaves from his garden and enclosed them in a letter to Murray (June 27, 1816). Shelley, on the contrary, "refrained from doing so, fearing to outrage the greater and more sacred name of Rousseau; the contemplation of whose imperishable creations had left no vacancy in my heart for mortal things. Gibbon had a cold and unimpassioned spirit."--_Essays, etc._, 1840, ii. 76.] 23. Had I not filed my mind, which thus itself subdued. Stanza cxiii. line 9. "----If't be so, For Banquo's issue have I _filed_ my mind." _Macbeth_, [act iii. sc. 1, line 64]. 24. O'er others' griefs that some sincerely grieve. Stanza cxiv. line 7. It is said by Rochefoucault, that "there is _always_ something in the misfortunes of men's best friends not displeasing to them." ["Dans l'adversité de nos meilleurs amis, nous trouvons toujours quelque chose qui ne nous déplaît pas."--_Appendice aux Maximes de La Rochefoucauld, Panthéon Littéraire_, Paris, 1836, p. 460.] FOOTNOTES: [356] {303} [_Julie, ou La Nouvelle Héloïse_: _Oeuvres Complètes de J. J. Rousseau_, Paris, 1837, ii. 262.] [357] [The Clef, is now a café on the Grande Place, and still distinguished by the sign of the Key. But Vevey had other associations for Rousseau, more powerful and more persuasive than a solitary visit to an inn. "Madame Warens," says General Read, "possessed a charming country resort midway between Vevey and Chillon, just above the beautiful village of Clarens. It was situated at the Bassets, amid scenery whose exquisite features inspired some of the fine imagery of Rousseau. It is now called the Bassets de Pury. ... The exterior of the older parts has not been changed. ... The stairway leads to a large _salon_, whose windows command a view of Meillerie, St. Gingolph, and Bouveret, beyond the lake. Communicating with this _salon_ is a large dining-room. "These two rooms open to the east, upon a broad terrace. At a corner of the terrace is a large summer-house, and through the chestnut trees one sees as far as Les Crêtes, the hillocks and bosquets described by Rousseau. Near by is a dove-cote filled with cooing doves.... In the last century this site (Les Crêtes) was covered with pleasure-gardens, and some parts are even pointed out as associated with Rousseau and Madame de Warens."--_Historic Sketches of Vaud, etc._, by General Meredith Read, 1897, i. 433-437. There was, therefore, some excuse for the guide (see Byron's _Diary_, September 18, 1816) "confounding Rousseau with St. Preux, and mixing the man with the book."]