...Rome, and where. (Payne) Nay, tell me now in what strange air The Roman Flora dwells to-day. (Lang) Tell me now In what hidden way Is Lady Flora, the lovely Roman? (RoBsettl) Often has this opening been deservedly praised. But let the student persevere in the comparison,...

...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 Flora the lovely Roman ? Where 's Hipparchia, and where is Thais, Neither of them the fairer woman ? Where is Echo, beheld...

...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 Flora the lovely...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...

...Rossetti, which, albeit at the expense of the form, makes the spirit of the original live again: " Tell me now in what hidden way is Lady Flora the lovely...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...

...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,...

...Rossetti, which, albeit at the expense of the form, makes the spirit of the original live again : " Tell me now in what hidden way is Lady Flora the lovely Roman f Where's Hipparchia, and where is Thais, Neither of them the fairer woman f Where is Echo, beheld...

...Rossetti, which, albeit at the expense of the form, makes the spirit of the original live again : " Tell me now in what hidden way is Lady Flora the lovely Romanî Where's Hipparchia, and where is Thais, Neither of them the f airer woman 1 Where is Echo,...

...Lost, lost, all lost, between Hell and Heaven /) THE BALLAD OF DEAD LADIES (FROM FRANCOIS VILLON) 1 O swallow, sister, O fleeting swallow, My heart in...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...

...French poets, chiefly. Such is the wonderful rendering of Villon's "Ballad of Dead Ladies," beginning Tell me now in what hidden way is Lady Flora, the...Hipparchia, and where is Thais, Neither of them the fairer woman1? Where is Echo, beheld of no man, Only heard on river and mere, — She whose beauty was more...

...Lost, lost, all lost, between Hell and Heaven !) THE BALLAD OF DEAD LADIES (FROM FRANCOIS VILLON)1 o E0 ? 1 Cf. Stevenson's essay, pp. 662 ff. Where's Hipparchia, and where is Thais, Neither of them the...