Avril Being Essays on the Poetry of the French Renaissance
AVRIL BEING ESSAYS ON THE POETRY OF THE FRENCH RENAISSANCE BY H. BELLOC "... _Ceux dont la Fantaisie Sera religieuse et devote envers Dieu Tousjours acheveront quelque grant Poesie, Et dessus leur renom la Parque n'aura lieu._"
'But what ails thee?' asked the Bull.
'Alas!' answered the Jackal, 'what can I say in such a strait!--
'Even as one who grasps a serpent, drowning in the bitter sea,
Death to hold and death to loosen--such is life's perplexity.'
'And therewithal the Jackal heaved a deep sigh, and squatted down.
'But, good friend,' said the Bull, 'at least tell me what is in thy
mind.'
'Bull,' began Damanaka, 'it is a King's secret, and should not be
spoken; but thou didst come here upon my safeguard, and as I hope for
the life to come, I will tell thee of what touches thee so nearly.
Listen!--the heart of the King is turned against thee! he hath sworn
secretly that he will kill thee and feast upon thy flesh.'
'Then Lusty-life the Bull was sorely troubled, and he fell a-musing
thus--
"Woman's love rewards the worthless--kings of knaves exalters be;
Wealth attends the selfish niggard, and the cloud rains on the sea."
'Can this be the Jackal's doing?' he reflected. Going with honest folk
AVRIL BEING ESSAYS ON THE POETRY OF THE FRENCH RENAISSANCE BY H. BELLOC "... _Ceux dont la Fantaisie Sera religieuse et devote envers Dieu Tousjours acheveront quelque grant Poesie, Et dessus leur renom la Parque n'aura lieu._"