Mirèio, a Provençal Poem. Frédéric Mistral

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      Eyes had she limpid as the drops of dew;

       And, when she fixed their tender gaze on you,

       Sorrow was not. Stars in a summer night

       Are not more softly, innocently bright:

       And beauteous hair, all waves and rings of jet;

       And breasts, a double peach, scarce ripened yet.

      Shy, yet a joyous little sprite she was;

       And, finding all her sweetness in a glass,

       You would have drained it at a single breath.

       But to our tale, which somewhat lingereth.

       When every man his day’s toil had rehearsed

       (So, at my father’s farm, I heard them first)—

      “Now, Ambroi, for a song!” they all began:

       “Let us not sleep above our supper, man!”

       But he, “Peace! peace! My friends, do ye not know

       On every jester, God, they say, doth blow

       And sets him spinning like a top along?

       Sing yourselves, lads—you who are young and strong.”

      “No jest, good father, none!” they answered him.

       “But, since the wine o’erflows your goblet’s brim,

       Drink with us, Ambroi, and then to your song!”

       “Ay, ay, when I was young—but that was long

       Ago—I’d sing to any man’s desire;

       But now my voice is but a broken lyre.”

      “But, Master Ambroi,” urged Mirèio,

       “Sing one song, please, because ’twill cheer us so.”

       “My pretty one,” the weaver said again,

       “Only the husks of my old voice remain;

       But if these please you, I cannot say nay,”

       And drained his goblet, and began straightway:—

I.

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