I've been rereading Durrell's Alexandria Quartet (as one does) and came
across this passage mid-way through the first novel in the Quartet,
JUSTINE. The as-yet-unnamed narrator of JUSTINE is quoting a passage from
her diary in which Justine quotes the poet Laforgue's Moralités
Légendaires--a passage she first learned from her French lover Arnauti. So
this got me curious about Laforgue, and it turns out that it comes from his
riff on Hamlet, which I reproduce (with a translation from the French) in
the attached screenshot.
Love to all of you!
Mike