...be Its shadow upon life enough for thee. THREE TRANSLATIONS FROM FRANCOIS VILLON, 1450 I THE BALLAD OF DEAD LADIES TELL me now in what hidden way is Lady...the learned nun, For whose sake Abeillard, I ween, 10 Lost manhood and put priesthood on ? (From Love he won such dule and teen !) And where, I pray you,...

...I THE BALLAD OF DEAD LADIES TELL me now in what hidden way is Lady Flora the lovely Roman ? Where's Hipparchia, and where is Thais, Neither of them the...human? . . . But where are the snows of yester-year? Where's Heloise, the learned nun, For whose sake Abeillard, I ween, Lost manhood and put priesthood...

...of the original live again: " Tell me now in what hidden way is Lady Flora the lovely Roman? Where's Hipparchia, and where is Thais, Neither of them the...human? . . . But where are the snows of yester-year? Where's Héloïse, the learned nun, For whose sake Abeillard, I ween, Lost manhood and put priesthood...

...Flora the lovely Roman f Where's Hipparchia, and where is Thais, Neither of them the fairer woman f Where is Echo, beheld of no man, Only heard on river...human? . . . But where are the snows of yester-year Î Where's Héloïse, the learned nun, For whose sake Abeillard, I ween, Lost manhood and put priesthood...

...what has become of last year's snow ? The last four lines are thus translated in Rossetti's version : Where is Echo, beheld of no man, Only heard on river...human ? — But where are the snows of yester-year ? See also below, p. 434. Were bef fey [fat] l biforen us weren, Houndes ladden and havekes beren,...

...Flora the lovely Romanî Where's Hipparchia, and where is Thais, Neither of them the f airer woman 1 Where is Echo, beheld of no man, Only heard on river and mere, — She whose beauty was more than humanî . . . But where are the snows of yester-yearî Where's Héloïse, the learned nun, For whose...

...lost, all lost, between Hell and Heaven /) THE BALLAD OF DEAD LADIES (FROM FRANCOIS VILLON) 1 Where's w, sister, O fleeting swallow, My heart in me is a...remember, Couldst thou remember and I forget. 41 O 8 Where's Heloise, the learned nun, For whose sake Abeillard, I ween, Lost manhood and put priesthood...

...now in what hidden way is Lady Flora the lovely Roman? 1 Cf. Stevenson's essay, pp.»662 S. Where's s he met her once a-Maying, 20 There on beds of violets...debonair. Haste thee, nymph, and bring with thee 25 8 Where's Heloise, the learned nun, For whose sake Abeillard, I ween, Lost manhood and put priesthood...

...Flora, the lovely Roman ? Where's Hipparchia, and where is Thais, Neither of them the fairer woman1? Where is Echo, beheld of no man, Only heard on river...human ? — But where are the snows of yester-year? Even Swinburne, when making his splendid translations from Villon, refrained from attempting to translate...

...BALLAD OF DEAD LADIES. ' Tell me now, in what hidden way is Lady Flora, the lovely Roman ? Where's Hipparchia, and where is Thais, Neither of them the...and mere, — She whose beauty was more than human T . . . But where are the snows of yester-year ! ' Where's Heloise, the learned nun, For whose sake...