Ballads and Lyrics of Old France

About this eBook

Translator

Lang, Andrew, 1844-1912

Title

Ballads and Lyrics of Old France, with Other Poems

Credits

Transcribed from the 1872 Longmans, Green, and Co. edition by David Price

Language

English

LoC Class

PR: Language and Literatures: English literature

Subject

Folk songs, French

Category

Text

eBook-No.

795

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/795

Release Date

January 1, 1997

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.BALLADS AND LYRICS OF OLD FRANCE:
2. 2.CONTENTS.
3. 3.TRANSLATIONS. — LIST OF POETS TRANSLATED. — POETS OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY. — BALLADS. — SPRING. — RONDEL. — RONDEL. — ARBOR AMORIS. — BALLAD OF THE GIBBET. — HYMN TO THE WINDS. — A VOW TO HEAVENLY VENUS. — TO HIS FRIEND IN ELYSIUM. — A SONNET TO HEAVENLY BEAUTY. — APRIL. — ROSES. — THE ROSE. — TO THE MOON. — TO HIS YOUNG MISTRESS. — DEADLY KISSES. — OF HIS LADY’S OLD AGE. — ON HIS LADY’S WAKING. — HIS LADY’S DEATH. — HIS LADY’S TOMB. — SHADOWS OF HIS LADY. — MOONLIGHT. — LOVE IN MAY. — THE GRAVE AND THE ROSE. — THE GENESIS OF BUTTERFLIES. — MORE STRONG THAN TIME. — AN OLD TUNE. — JUANA. — SPRING IN THE STUDENT’S QUARTER. — OLD LOVES. — MUSETTE. — THE THREE CAPTAINS. — THE BRIDGE OF DEATH. — LE PÈRE SÉVÈRE. — THE MILK WHITE DOE. — A LADY OF HIGH DEGREE. — LOST FOR A ROSE’S SAKE.
4. 4.BALLADS OF MODERN GREECE. — THE BRIGAND’S GRAVE. — THE SUDDEN BRIDAL.
5. 5.GREEK FOLK SONGS. — IANNOULA. — THE TELL-TALES.
6. 6.AVE. — TWILIGHT ON TWEED. — ONE FLOWER. — METEMPSYCHOSIS. — LOST IN HADES. — A STAR IN THE NIGHT. — A SUNSET ON YARROW.
7. 7.HESPEROTHEN. — THE SEEKERS FOR PHÆACIA. — A SONG OF PHÆACIA. — THE DEPARTURE FROM PHÆACIA. — A BALLAD OF DEPARTURE. [110] — THEY HEAR THE SIRENS FOR THE SECOND TIME. — CIRCE’S ISLE REVISITED. — THE LIMIT OF LANDS.
8. 8.VERSES ON PICTURES. — COLINETTE. — A SUNSET OF WATTEAU. — A NATIVITY OF SANDRO BOTTICELLI.
9. 9.SONGS AND SONNETS — TWO HOMES. — SUMMER’S ENDING. — NIGHTINGALE WEATHER. — LOVE AND WISDOM. — GOOD-BYE. — AN OLD PRAYER. — LOVE’S MIRACLE. — DREAMS. — FAIRY LAND. — TWO SONNETS OF THE SIRENS. — A LA BELLE HÉLÈNE. — SYLVIE ET AURÉLIE. — A LOST PATH. — THE SHADE OF HELEN.
10. 10.SONNETS TO POETS. — JACQUES TAHUREAU. 1530. — FRANÇOIS VILLON. 1450. — PIERRE RONSARD. 1560. — GÉRARD DE NERVAL. — THE DEATH OF MIRANDOLA. 1494.
11. 11.FOOTNOTES

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