Crossword-Solution: AURORE 6 letters, 1 clue 🏆 scrabble score: 6

XXVIII Then from the mansions bright of fresh Aurore Adrastus came, the glorious king of Ind, A snake’s green skin spotted with black he wore, That was made rich by art and hard by kind, An elephant this furious giant bore, He fierce as fire, his mounture swift as wind; Much people brought he from his kingdoms wide, Twixt Indus, Ganges, and the salt seaside.

Tired of the flashy luxury of the Empire, his memory goes back to his youth-- "Lorsque la levre de l'aurore Baisait nos yeux souleves, Et que nous n'etions pas encore La France des petits creves." The poem "Et Tartufe" prolongs the note of a satire always popular in France--the satire of Scarron, Moliere, La Bruyere, against the clerical curse of the nation.

Aurore of gladness, day of lustiness, Lucern* at night with heav’nly influence *lamp Illumin’d, root of beauty and goodness, Suspires* which I effund** in silence! *sighs **pour forth Of grace I beseech, allege* let your writing *declare Now of all good, since ye be best living.

And I recited the lines at the beginning of the piece (unpublished) upon the Baudin barricade: _La barricade était livide dans l’aurore, Et comme j’arrivais elle fumait encore.

Fusille, comprenez? On va me fusiller par un mur blanc--or is it une mure blanche? quand l'aurore se leve avec les couleurs d'une rose et l'odeur d'une jeune fille lavee et parfumee.