Joachim Du Bellay

The Antiquities of Rome

THE ANTIQUITIES OF ROME
In Roy
Do you give up these ancient works to Vostre Sainct Germain or to Fontainebleau,
I give them to you, Sir, in this little picture painted, the best that I have l
ittle poetic color: Who put under Vostre name before the public eye , If you dei
gn to see its most beautiful, It may well boast of having out of the grave From
the dusty old Roman relics. What you can one day the Gods give so much happiness
, De rebuild in France this magnitude, how I wish I paint Vostre language: And t
hen Vostre great man may Estre 'Majesty, Looking back at my lines, they would sa
y From your Monarchy Este have a blessed omen.
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THE ANTIQUITIES OF ROME
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Divine spirits whose dusty ash Gist under the weight of so many walls Covered wi
th, Not Your Grace praise, who live in your fine lines will do in the land down,
If human voice will man may estendre From here to the bottom of Hell, at my cry
Let the abyss opening, So that I can hear you abas. Three times in identifying
the veil of the heavens From the tower tombs voz devout, A loud voice three time
s I call you a point here Vostre ancient fury, while With a holy horror I vays s
inging your glory more beautiful.
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Joachim du Bellay
II
The Babylonian boast its high walls, and orchards in the air, his Ephesian Greec
e describe the former factory, the Nile and the people sing its points: The same
vanteuse Greece still be publishing for its great image Olympian Jupiter, The C
arian Mausolus be the glory, and his old Labyrinth 'Crete forget: The ancient Rh
odian raised the glory for his famous Colossus, the Temple of Memory: And if som
e work is still worthy man may brag To walk in rancor, some more 'The eloquence
will say about me, for all I wouldst sing Seven Costeau Romans, seven wonders of
the world.
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THE ANTIQUITIES OF ROME
III
Newcomer, who seek in Rome Rome Rome And nothing in Rome n'apperçois, these old
palaces, old arcz you see, And those old walls, is what is called Rome. Voy what
pride, what ruin and as one who mist the world under its laws, to conquer every
thing, Donta sometimes, and became prey to time, which consumes everything. Rome
Rome is the only monument, Rome and Rome conquered only the Tiber alone, who fl
ed to the sea, remains of Rome. O worldly inconstancy! What is firm, time is des
troyed, and what follows, the weather resistance.
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JOACHIM OF BELLAY
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The one that's the bearded head And passed from one foot to Thetis, the other be
low the Dawn, one hand on the Scythian and the other on the Moor, from the earth
and sky roundness compassion Jupiter afraid, if more it croissoit That is the p
ride of the Giants relevast still overwhelmed by the these mountains, the seven
mountains which are ore Tumbeaux for greatness menassoit heaven. He mist him on
the head Cropper Saturnalia, then over the stomach assist the Quirinale on the b
elly and planted the old Palatine, Mist on the dexter hand Celien height, on the
sinister assist Exquilienne Aeschines, a Viminal foot, on the other the Aventin
e.
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V
Who wants to see all that the little kind, art and heaven, Rome, you come see if
J'entens man may conceive your greatness by what is only your dead paint. Rome
is no more: and if the architecture of Rome Some umbre yet been reviewed, is lik
e a body in magical night of wit Taken out of his burial. The body of Rome in as
hes is Devall, And his spirit has gone to join the great spirit of Ceste round m
ass. But his writings, which his loz Despite the best time of tear tumbeau, Font
his idol wander among the world.
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Joachim du Bellay
VI
As in the tank Berecynthienne crowned by towers, and happy to have children as m
any gods as made himself see her in this city happier days old: This town, which
was more abundant in the Phrygian children, and that Was the power the power of
the world, and man may do to his greatness Such review, if not his greatness. R
ome alone could look like in Rome, Rome, Rome could only shake: Also had allowed
the prescription fatal than any other human power, as Fust bold Se vantast to m
atch that which was equal to the earth His power and courage heaven.
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THE ANTIQUITIES OF ROME
VII
Costal sacred and holy ruins you, who only remember the name of Rome, Old buildi
ngs, which still sustain a dusty honor of so many divine souls: Arcz triumphal p
eaks surrounding sky, That you see the sky astonished same, Alas, little by litt
le you become ashes,€Fable of the people and public plunder! And although at one
time to time make bastimens The war, if it is time that works and names finable
ment dismayed. Sad desires, live happy donques: For if the finite time t thing s
o hard, He'll endure the pain.
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Joachim du Bellay
VIII
For weapons and vessels Rome which the world, and we could determine that one ci
ty had the greatness of his term limited by the same roundness of the earth and
of the wave. And such was the virtue of righteous people in fecond nephews, his
descendants, his ancestors Overcoming a brave auctoritas, Mesura Hault the sky t
o the deep earth: To tidy having all power in his hand, nothing peust Estre term
inal the Roman Empire: And so the time destruit Republics, if Time does mist bel
ow the Roman level, That the Chief unearthed the ancient foundations, Who pridre
nt name him, Fust discovered liar.
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THE ANTIQUITIES OF ROME
IX
Cruelz stars, and you Inhuman Gods, Sky envious stepmother and Nature, either by
order or that is during the adventure Voyse human affairs, 'Why have formerly w
orked voz A hands shape the world so hard? Or that the matter was so hard the br
ave front of Roman palaces? I do not say the most common sentence, That all thin
gs below the moon is corrupting and prone to die: Oh, I say (and me want to disp
lease Who seeks to teach the contrary) that this great Everything must sometimes
perish .
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Joachim du Bellay
X
More than edges Aetëans the brave son of Aeson, who for the Enchantment conquist
a rich wool teeth of an old snake sowing the plain, lead to soldatz field of fle
ece, This town, which was in his young A season of Hydra warriors, bravely full
vid Brave infants, whose fame has filled the Sun haughty one and the other house
but that ultimately, finding themselves in the world as Hercules dontast seed f
ertile, one horrible fury one against the other arm, Se moissonnarent all by a s
udden storm, Renewing amongst them the fraternal rage That once the proud soldie
rs blinded sow.
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THE ANTIQUITIES OF ROME
XI
March shame for having given so many hours to his nephews, that human weakness p
rided itself in bold Roman Seemed tread the heavenly grandeur Cooling Ceste firs
t heat, which the Romans were so full of soul, his fire breath of the wind, and
a fiery breath came cold warms the Gothic. Then did this people, new son of Eart
h, darting everywhere the thunderbolt of war, these brave walls overwhelmed in h
is hand, then disappeared into the womb of his mother, So that nobody, even the
father of the gods, Se peust boast of the Roman Empire.
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Joachim du Bellay
XII
Lon Telzs that once saw the children of the Earth Plant ladder over the mountain
s to the heavens, Hand to Hand Combat power of Gods And Jupiter against them, wh
ich loosens his thunderbolt: Can any spill soubdainement Tumber this side of thu
nder beyond these squadrons furious , Earth groaning, and heaven glorious To hav
e completed his honor this war: As yet we have seen over the human forehead bold
seven Costeau Romans Sunrise cons heaven her haughty face: And now we Telzs the
void Regret fields deshonnorez their ruin, and the gods do fear assures gone up
so terrible audacity.
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THE ANTIQUITIES OF ROME
XIII
Nor the fury of the flame enraged, the trenchant Ny iron victorious, Nor the fur
ious degast the soldier, who so often, Rome, plundered thee, Nor in quick your f
ortune changed, Ny gnaw centuries envious, Ny the spite of men and gods, Nor tho
u thy power cons row, Ny esbranler the impetuous winds, Nor the eaves of this to
rtuous God, Who thee so often covered her wave, so your pride Shedding Have That
Let them across anything left you do still make 'amaze the world.
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Joachim du Bellay
XIV
As we move into the torrent aesta safe, Which wont in winter Estre King of the p
lain, And delight in the fields of a lofty flight of Hope farmer and shepherd of
hope: As void cowards oultrager The animals lyon courageous lying above the are
na, bloodying their teeth, and daring the enemy vain Cause that man may be reven
ged: And as the vid before Troy is still Grecz Braving less valiant around the b
ody of Hector: So ceulx who once souloient to head lower, From Roman triumphal g
lory accompany him on these dusty tumbeaux perform their daring, and dare to vai
ncuz winners disdain.
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THE ANTIQUITIES OF ROME
XV
Palles spirits, and you mudminnows dusty, Who enjoys the daylight out Fister EST
proud stay,€We see the relics ashy: Speak, spirits (and the Shores of Styx tenr
breuses not fair return, you hugging a triple round three times, N'enferment poi
nt voz images umbreuses) Yore Tell me then (as one of you can still lurks here b
elow) Do you feel increasing pain Vostre, sometimes when you contemplate these C
osteau Romans's book voz hands N'estre nothing but a dusty plain?
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Joachim du Bellay
XVI
As we see from afar on an angry sea of mountain water from a large undulating mo
tion, then dragging flotz miles, a big shock ABBOI It burst against a rock or th
e wind has pushed: As void fury by the north wind chased one shrill whistle the
storm swirling, then a wider wing air s'esbanoyant arrester his career suddenly
tired: And as the flames billowing void in a hundred places gathering in one s'a
guiser to heaven, Then Tumber languishing among the world Erra and the Monarchy:
and That a croissant and flow, a wind, a fire, its erratic course by a fatal ar
rest has come here to lose.
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THE ANTIQUITIES OF ROME
XVII
Until the bird flew to Jupiter, bringing to the fire that threatens us the sky,
The sky had terrible fear of daring courage who Giants of maddened: But as soon
as the sun bums The wing is too Feit the low land, The land of mist off his heav
y weight The ancient horror that the law violated. So we crow vid Germaine Disgu
ising himself feigning Roman eagle, And skyward rise anew, these brave old mount
ains to powder, Seeing no longer fly over their head this great bird Minister li
ghtning.
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Joachim du Bellay
XVIII
These large mounds rocky, these old walls you see, Were first the Cloz a pastora
l place: And these brave Palace, whose time was made master, Cassines pastors ha
ve been sometimes. When the shepherds prindrent ornaments of kings, And the hard
laborer iron cocked his right hand: Can the annual power is the greatest vid be
ing, and was still greater power to six months: Who is perpetual, as in creut po
wer, That the Imperial eagle took him birth: but the Sky opposing such an increa
se, the power Mist hands are the successor of Peter, who in the name of Pastor,
fatal to this earth, watch that everything returns to its beginning.
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THE ANTIQUITIES OF ROME
XIX
All the sky is perfect with honors, all that is born imperfect under heaven, Wha
tever Paiste noz minds and our eyes, And all who devour our pleasures: All the m
isfortune that tarnished our age, all the good fortune of centuries older, Rome
time of his first forefathers held it closed, and a Pandora. But Fate, disentang
ling the Chaos Or all the good and evil was the pen, Has since the divine virtue
s Flying in the sky have left the sins, who have kept so up to hide Beneath the
piles of these old ruins.
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Joachim du Bellay
XX
Not otherwise it void the fumes of wet bare earth into the air to rise, then cur
ving arc to end s'abrever, Diving into the ether within the hoary, anew, and amo
unt of bankruptcy had locus standi or she came, Under a large dark womb everyone
hatching finablement Until we die to the void, however, as rain, or 'snow, or'
en tiny hail: This town was the work of a Pastor, Rising gradually creut in such
height, That she is queen vid of land and wave: While no longer able to sustain
a burden so great, His power dissipated by the world stood aside, Showing that
while nothing is ever to become.
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THE ANTIQUITIES OF ROME
XXI
The one that Pyrrha and Mars Have known how Libya which, the brave city Who cour
age to evil exercitant Soustinct the shock of the common desire, as long as his
ship by air so glad Had cons soy encouraged everyone , We have not seen the ROSC
adversity Breaking happily followed his course: defaulting But the object of hi
s virtue, his power was overthrown in luymesme, As one whom the cruel storm A lo
ng kept to abbord, If too windy on the game port, the port is void Top shipwreck
.
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Joachim du Bellay
XXII
When this brave stay, Latin name of honor, who confined his greatness of Africa
and Bize, From the people who holds the edges of the Tamize, And of him who sees
esclore morning Anima cons of courage soy saucy Her own infant, his spoils won,
had it for many years throughout the world gained Became suddenly the world's t
reasures: So when the great All the flight available, or thirty-six mill 'years
have bounded his race, break the natural elements of agreement€The seeds that ar
e mothers of all things back again, at first discordant, the belly of Chaos fore
ver closed.
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THE ANTIQUITIES OF ROME
XXIII
O wise that he whom estoit Cauter, who counseled, to let her rot citizens lazy l
eisure, To forgive the ramparts of Carthage! It stipulated that the Roman courag
e, Impatient languid pleasure, For the rest would leave to enter In the fury of
the raging civil. Also be void in a nation ocieux, like the mood in a vicious bo
dy, ambition easily engendered. This happened when the envious pride To do neith
er want nor more like broke the agreement Beaupere and son.
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Joachim du Bellay
XXIV
If the blind fury, causing fights, pareilz Some animals have hearts turn, Let th
ose that are current or are the feathered Ceulx that are going to crawl or arm E
SCAILLE: What's red glowing Erinys You pincers pinsetoit rage inflames the heart
s, so cruelly when one on the other Destrempes You animate the iron voz own entr
ails? Estoit this point, Romans turn Your cruel fate, or some old sin that a mis
chievous discord exercifed eternal vengeance against you? Do not allow the right
eous Judgement of the Gods, Voz walls by hand fraternal bloodshed Getting to ass
ure them a firm foundation.
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XXV
What I still mayst Thracian harp, to wake the hell these old lazy Caesars, and m
udminnows those who have erected this city old? Or that I have that Amphionienne
, To animate an agreement happiest Of these old bones stone walls, and restore t
he glory Ausonian? Peusse I aumoins a brush more agile on the pattern of some of
these great Virgil palace portraits shape: J'entreprendrois, seeing the heat tu
rns me on, From the compass rebastir feather What hands can Masonry.
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Joachim du Bellay
XXVI
Who would want included in the Roman grandeur of its dimensions, it ought Querre
To him the line and lead, compasses, square, its length and width, and depth Hi
ghness: It ought to identify him an equal roundness Everything Ocean that surrou
nds his long arms, either annual or Astre warms the earth more, either to the No
rth Wind blows his greatest coolness. Rome was everybody, and everybody is Rome.
And if names selves same things are called, as the name of Rome, we might pass
by the name The naming of the land and wave: So the world is on man may compass
Rome, Rome Since the plan is map.
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XXVII
Toy Rome Amazed that contemplate the ancient pride, menassoit the heavens, these
old palaces, the mountains bold, These walls, these arcz, thermal baths and tem
ples, J., seeing the ruins so large, this has eroded time offensive, then only t
he most industrious workers These old fragments still serve as examples. Look af
ter, as day by day Rome, a search of his old residence, rebastit With so many wo
rks of God, Thou wilt judge the daemon Roman Seeks still a fatal hand Resurrecti
ng the dusty ruins.
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Joachim du Bellay
XXVIII
Who has seen a great oak, sometimes asseiché, That any trophy for its ornamental
gate, Lever still at its old testing dead sky, Whose foot is firmly stuck in th
e ground, but that over the field more than Demy Panché Monster her arms all bar
e root and torte, and no petal Umbrage, its pitch to bear on a trunk in a hundre
d places Nouaille esbranché: Well at first it must wind its destruction, and man
y a young person to have around the farm root From devout be alone reverse Peopl
e: Who is this little oak see it imagine still listed as between, which now flou
rish over this dusty old honor is the most honored.
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THE ANTIQUITIES OF ROME
XXIX
Everything in qu'Egypte fashioned counterpane, Everything Graeci the Corinthian,
On the Ionian or Dorian Attica, for the ornament of Masonic Temple: All the art
of Lysippus gave the hand of Apelles or Phidienne hand, was wont to adorn this
city old, Whose greatness the same sky astonished by all that Athens' was onques
wise, everything was onques Asie wealth that Africa had everything onques again
, S is seen here. O wonder great! Rome was living ornament of the world, And dea
d is the world's tumbeau.
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Joachim du Bellay
XXX
As the field is rich in greenery planted De greenery greening up in pipes, pipe
From bristling with epic flourishes From epic yellow grain, the hot seasons: And
as the season reap The waving hair rustic path lagering , puts them in order to
bleach,€and yellowing of wheat on the field shapes divested miles sheaves: So l
ittle by little creut the Roman Empire, So it was divested by the Barbarian hand
, Who gave him that these marks of ancient Let everyone is looting: as Walking a
long the void is not gleneur not collect relics from what will tumba after the r
eaper.
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THE ANTIQUITIES OF ROME
XXXI
As we do this more than a vague campaigne Or the pride of the world was seen som
etimes You're not guilty, oh, anyone That you're Tigris and the Nile, Euphrates,
Ganges and bathe: Guilty are not in Africa nor Spaine, Nor the people who holds
the English shores, Not this brave soldier who drinks the Rhine Gallic, Ny that
other warrior, infant of Germanie. "Are you single cause, O civil rage, Who sow
ed the fields by Emathienne horror Armas's own son against his Beaupere: To the
degree that being come to the very top, the Roman greatness, too long prosperous
, Se vist rush low a more horrible sault.
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Joachim du Bellay
XXXII
Do you hope that posterity should, my poetry, for all you ever read? Do you hope
that the work of a lyre May acquire such immortality? If any under heaven Fust
eternity, The monuments I've been told, not paper, but in marble and porphyry, H
ad kept their deep antiquity. Can nevertheless struck, Lute, Apollo vouchsafed m
e well, for if the time does your glory robbed, Enticing you can, however low yo
u are, To have sung, the first of Francis, The ancient honor of the people long
robe.
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I DREAM
Then the Gods of this more softly flowing in the eyes of man, Making drowning in
the oblivion of the whole sum of soucy strenuous day, When a daemon appeared to
me the top edge of the Grand River Rome, Who called me the name I called, order
ed me to look to the heavens: Can m'escria: Voys (he said) and looks at everythi
ng that is included in this great temple, is nothing like any Voy vanity. When t
he mundane knowledges inconstancy, Since God alone is the weather resistance, ho
ping for nothing in the deity.
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Joachim du Bellay
II
Cropp on a hill I saw a factory of a hundred fathoms high: one hundred columns o
f a round diamond ornoient All the brave front, and how to implement the conditi
on was, in Doric. The wall n'estoit brick nor marble, but a shining crystal, whi
ch from top to bottom Elançoit raiz miles deep from his belly Of a hundred degre
es gild the finest African gold. Gold was the one who lambriz and the top still
Reluisoit ESCAILLE large plates of gold: The pavement was of jasper and esmeraud
e fine. O vanity of the world! A sudden collapse of Mount tremor Making the lowe
st root, reverse this beautiful place since the foundation.
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THE ANTIQUITIES OF ROME
III
Then seemed to me a counterpane aguisee one diamond ten piedz square, at its hei
ght precisely measured, while a archer might be referred. Upon this urn counterp
ane was laid From all this metal more honored: And rested in the gilded vase wit
h a sweeping Cesar ash composed. For four quinces estoient For pedestal layer st
ill four great lions of gold, worthy of so worthy tumbeau ashes. Alas, nothing l
asts in the world that torment! I vy storm would descend from heaven, And this b
rave blast monument.
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Joachim du Bellay
IV
I vy Hault elevate on columns of ivory, which bases estoient the richest metal,
A albastre capitals and Friz crystal, Dual front of an arch erected for the memo
rial. On each side estoit portraicte victory, Carrying doz wings, coat with pupa
l Hault And there was sitting on a triumphal car From the most ancient Roman emp
erors glory. The book does a monstroit human artifice, but seemed Estre own hand
that makes Who forge sharpening paternal lightning. Alas, I wouldst not see any
thing more beautiful in the heavens, then a work so beautiful I have seen before
my eyes Of a sudden fall causing Estre legion reduced powder.
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THE ANTIQUITIES OF ROME
V
And then I vy Dodonien Tree Of seven costal espandre his umbrage, and decorate t
he winners of its Top fueillage riverfront Ausonian. There was many a trophy ere
cted old Maintenon spoils, and many a fine testimony from the greatness of the b
rave Who got the blood lineage Dardanian. I were delighted to see such a rare th
ing when one of Paisan troppe barbarian came oultrager honor of these branches.
J'ouy trunk groan under the congnee And since the strain vy desdaignee With reve
getate two twin trees.
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Joachim du Bellay
VI
I vy A Wolf's lair under a rock Allaictant two twins: I saw her breast play Mign
ard Ceste twin pair, and an elongated neck and lick the Wolf. I vy out there see
king his pasture, And running through the fields, a new rage bloody the tooth an
d paw on the cruel thirst for menus troppeaux estancher. I vy miles hunters who
descend from the mountains on one side merely the Lombard countryside, and vy hu
ndred espieux give him in the side. I vy its long expanse of the plain, Pushing
miles sanglotz, veautrer is in his blood, And an old trunk above the spoils hang
ed.
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THE ANTIQUITIES OF ROME
VII
I vy the Oyseau that the ground it looks weak one flight to heaven be moving, an
d gradually his wings assure them, yet the maternal Next example. Vy I begin to
grow, and a fly further From the highest mountains measuring height, Pierce the
clouds, and wings get to the place where the Gods is the temple. There was lost:
then suddenly I have seen raining through the air into a vortex of fire, burnin
g all over the plains descend. I vy body powder all reduced, and vy the bird, wh
ich the light leaks, like a VERMET reborn from its ashes.
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Joachim du Bellay
VIII
I saw a proud Torrent, whose waves escumeux Rongeoient the foundation of an old
ruin: I vy all covered with a dark mist, which rose through the smoky air vortic
es: a body which was formed seven chefz wonderful towns and castles Who couvoit
under his chest, and seemed to devour an equal robbery Most sweet animals and pr
ouder. I was amazed to see this huge monster Change in a hundred ways his terrib
le form, When I get out of a cave vy Scythian The furious wind, which blows cold
, Dispelling the nuaux, in so short that nothing S'esvanouir by Air Ceste horrib
le figure.
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THE ANTIQUITIES OF ROME
IX
All this dread monster night, I saw an ugly surface Corps nervous A long beard a
nd hair longflottans, A wrinkled brow and face of Saturn: Who leaning on the bel
ly of a box, shed water, whose course fluctueux went swimming right on the sinuo
us Or fought against the Trojan Turne. Beneath her feet a Wolf allaictoit Two in
fant's: his dexter hand bore the tree of peace, the other the palm strong: His h
ead was crowned with laurel. Then did the fall causing him the palm and olive, a
nd laurel branch was dead.
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Joachim du Bellay
X
On the bank of a river a Nymph esploree, Folding his arms to heaven with a thous
and sanglotz, Accordoit Ceste murmur of complaint flotz, outraging her beautiful
complexion and golden braid: Alas, Now that is or is facing honoree, Or Ceste s
ize and thats ancient praise, Or the happiness and honor of the world was enclos
ed, When I were men and gods adored? Was it not enough that the discord would ha
ve been mischievous everyone's a Public booty If this new Hydra, Hercules hundre
d worthy, abounding in seven of monstrous vices chefz m'engendroit Do these stil
l winding banks Both cruelz of both Nero and Caligula?
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THE ANTIQUITIES OF ROME
XI
A mountain top a triple flame lighted A counterpane ondoyoit to heaven, Who ince
nse cedar, a valuable Parfumoit like a fragrant smell. From a white feathered bi
rd wing Seemed well stay until voting Gods, And rattle a melodious song was asce
nding to heaven avecques smoke. In this beautiful light rays by any Escart Lanço
ient a thousand clearness of disgust when the rain came to extinguish the golden
. O sad change! This who felt so good first was a corrupt smell sulphuree.
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Joachim du Bellay
XII
I saw a gush of rock deep Fontaine Clear as crystal to the sun, and yellowing at
the bottom of a sandy just like him whom Pactol A 'among the rolling plain. The
re seemed that art and nature had taken pains To assemble in one place all the p
leasures of the eye: And here s'oyoit noise inducing sleep, A hundred more sweet
that steep a ceulx Sirene. The seats and relaiz luisoient ivory white, and a hu
ndred nymphs around remained standing side by side, when coming over the mountai
ns of fauns suyte In an appalling Criz the place assembled, That's great villain
s piedz the troubled wave, Mit the seats down and the Nymphs in fuyte.
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THE ANTIQUITIES OF ROME
XIII
More rich enough that it does monstroit Who appeared to the sad Florentine, thro
wing my sight the shore Latin, from afar I vy rise to a Pod: But suddenly the st
orm cruel Wearing envy rich booty attack came a saucy Aquilon The beautiful nave
of the other more beautiful. Finally the storm impetuous Fit abyss of a tortuou
s gouphre La gran 'wealth for no other second.€I vy underwater losing fine treas
ure, the beautiful nave, and mariners still, then vy ressourdre the Nave is on t
he wave.
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Joachim du Bellay
XIV
With so many misfortunes Gemy deeply, I saw a city almost similar to what the vi
d messenger of good news, but the sand Basty was her foundation. It seemed that
his chief touchast the firmament, and his superb form n'estoit less than beautif
ul: worthy, it was onc, worthy to be immortal, if nothing under heaven is firmly
melted. I were amazed to see such good work, when on the side of Nort came the
cruel storm, which blew the fury of his heart despité On every obstacle against
his coming back on the field, a dusty bare the weak foundations of the great cit
y.
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XV
Finablement on the point that Morpheus More apparoit true to our eyes, vexed to
see the fickleness of heaven, I see the next big sister of Typhon: Who bravely w
earing a helmet seemed equal in majesty to the gods, And on the edge 'In a darin
g river erigeoit everyone a trophy. Hundred Kings vaincuz groaned at her feet, a
rms shamefully link to doz: In dread to see such a wonder, I still Heaven voy hi
m to make war, then all of a sudden I voy blast, And the great noise sursault I
m'esveille.
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At Roy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I. D
ivine spirits whose dusty ash. . . . . . . . . . . . II. The Babylonian boast it
s high walls. . . . . . . . . . . . . IV. The one who's the bearded leader passe
d. . . . . . . . . . . . . V. Who wants to see all that the little wild. . . . .
. . . . . . . VII. Costeau sacred and holy ruins you. . . . . . . . . . . . . V
III. For weapons and vessels Rome where world. . . . . . . . . . IX. Cruelz star
s, and you inhuman gods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . X More than edges Aetëans the
brave son of Aeson. . . . . . . . . XI. March vergongneux have given so much ha
ppiness. . . . . . . . . . XII. Telzs that vid is old the children of the Earth.
. . . . . . . . . . XIII. Nor the fury of the flame enraged. . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . XIV. As we move into the torrent aesta safe. . . . . . . . XV. Palle
s spirits, and you mudminnows dusty. . . . . . . . . . . . XVII. Until the bird
flew to Jupiter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 5 6 8 9 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
19 21
III. Newcomer, who seek Rome Rome. . . . . . . . . . . . 7
VI. As in the chariot Berecynthienne. . . . . . . . . . . . 10
XVI. As we see from afar on the sea angry. . . . . . . . 20 XVIII. These large m
ounds stony, these old walls you see. . . 22 XIX. All the sky is perfect with ho
nors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 XX. Not otherwise it void the rainy naked. .
. . . . . . . . . 24 XXI. The one that Pyrrha and Mars Libya. . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . 25 XXII. When this brave stay, Latin name of honor. . . . . . . . . 26
XXIII. O that he whom estoit Cauter wise. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
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XXIV. If the blind fury, which causes the battles. . . . . . . . . . . . 28 XXV.
What I still mayst Thracian harp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 XXVI. Who would
want include the Roman greatness. . . . . . . . . . . 30 XXVII. Thou who contemp
late Amazed Rome. . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 XXVIII. Who has seen a great oak, s
ometimes asseiché. . . . . . . . . 32 XXIX. Everything in qu'Egypte fashioned co
unterpane. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 XXX. As the field sown in green abounds.
. . . . . . . . . . 34 XXXI. As we do this more than a vague campaigne. . . . .
. . 35 XXXII. Do you hope that posterity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
DREAM
I. C'estoit while this Gods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 II. Cropp on a hill I
saw a factory. . . . . . . . . . . 38 III. Then seemed to me a counterpane aguis
ee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 IV. I vy Hault elevate on columns of ivory. .
. . . . . . . . . . . 40 V. And then I vy Tree Dodonien. . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . 41 VI. I vy A Wolf's lair under a rock. . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
VII. I vy the Oyseau, which he contemplates the Sol. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
43 VIII. I am a proud vy torrent, whose waters escumeux. . . . . . . . . . 44 IX
. All this dread monster night. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 X. On the bank of
a river a Nymph esploree. . . . . . . . . . . 46 XI. Above a mountain a lighted
torch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 XII. I vy gush from a rock deep fountain. .
. . . . . . . . . . 48 XIII. More rich enough that it does monstroit. . . . . .
. . . . . . 49 51 XIV. With so many misfortunes Gemy deeply. . . . . . . . . .
50 XV.€Finablement on the point that Morpheus. . . . . . . . . . . . .
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CATALOG
Edmond About. The king of the mountain. Honore de Balzac. A drama by the sea • O
ne episode during the Terror. • Eugenie Grandet. • The peace of the household. J
ules Barbey d'Aurevilly. At a dinner of atheists. Nicolas Boileau. The Art of Po
etry. • The Lectern. Chateaubriand. Atala - René. • De Buonaparte and the Bourbo
ns. • Thoughts, Reflections and Maxims. • Vie de Rance • Trip to Italy. Francois
Coppe. Poems 1869-1874. • Henrietta. • Tales fast. Chenier. Selected Poems. Ern
est Daudet. The novel followed by Delphine Cousin Mary. Denis Diderot. Jacques t
he fatalist. • Letter on the book trade. Dumas. Ascanio. • Travel Impressions. •
The Woman in Velvet Collar. • The Conqueror of Mauleon. Alphonse Daudet. Letter
s from my mill. • The Nabob. Joachim Du Bellay. The Antiquities of Rome. • The R
egrets. Rene Dufour. On the road. Alain-Fournier. Le Grand Meaulnes. Anatole Fra
nce. Book of my friend. Eugene Fromentin. Dominica. Gautier. Enamels and Cameos.
- Selected Poems. • News and Romans. Jose-Maria de Heredia. Trophies. Victor Hu
go. About William Shakespeare. • Bug-Jargal. • Hans of Iceland. • Les Contemplat
ions. • Songs of the streets and woods. • The inner voices. • Paris. Madame de L
a Fayette. The Princess of Cleves - The Countess of Tende - The Princess of Mont
pensier. Alphonse de Lamartine. Graziella • Genevieve. • The Stone of St. Point.
• Jocelyn. • The fall of an angel. Leconte de Lisle. Ancient and modern poems.
Pierre Loti. The romance of a child. • Fishermen Islance. Pierre de Marivaux. Th
e Isle of Slaves. Prosper Merimee. The Venus of Ille. Hector Malot. Ghislaine. M
olière. L'Ecole des Femmes. • Forced marriage. Alfred de Musset. First poems. •
New Poems. • Posthumous Poems. • News Stories and II. • [Choice of Poems:] Night
s - Miscellaneous Poems. Victor Pittie. Young Songs. Poems. Raymond Radiguet. Th
e Devil in the Flesh. Arthur Rimbaud. Poems. Maurice Rollinat. Selected poems. J
ean-Jacques Rousseau. Social contract. • Julie or the New Heloise. • Reveries of
a Solitary Walker.
CATALOG
George Sand. Tales of a grandmother (2nd series). • Walking around a village. Co
mtesse de Segur. The girls models. • Holidays. Sully Prudhomme. Poems 1865-1866
(Stanzas and Poems). • Poems 1866-1872 (The Events - Augean Stables - Italian Sk
etch - The Solitudes - Impressions of the War) • Poems 1872-1878 (Vain Tendernes
s - France - The Revolt of flowers - Destiny - The Zenith) . • Poems 1878-1879 (
On the Nature of Things - Justice). • Poems 18791888 (The Prism - The Happiness)
. • Wrecks Stendhal. The Abbess of Castro. • The Charterhouse of Parma. • The Ce
nci. • The chest and back. • The Duchess of Palliano. • The Red and Black. • Too
much for kills. • Vanina Vanini. Jules Verne. The Cavern. • Mutiny on the Bount
y • A tragedy in Mexico. Gabriel Vicaire. The Magic Hour. • In the Land of gorse
. Alfred de Vigny. Ancient and modern poems. • Select Poems. • Exits to fear. Vo
ltaire. Short of universal history from Charlemagne to Charles the Fifth. Emile
Zola. Money. • Tales to Ninon. • News stories to Ninon. • The lack of Father Mou
ret. • The work.