English Examples

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French Forms of Verse.

[TRIOLET.]

HEN first we met we did not guess
That Love would prove so hard a master;

Of more than common friendliness
When first we met we did not guess.

Who could foretell this sore distress,

This irretrievable disaster,

When first we met ?-We did not guess
That Love would prove so hard a master.

ROBERT BRIDGES.

T

A KISS.

[TRIOLET.]

OSE kissed me to-day.

Will she kiss me to-morrow?

Let it be as it may,

Rose kissed me to-day.

But the pleasure gives way

To a savour of sorrow;

Rose kissed me to-day,

Will she kiss me to-morrow?

AUSTIN DOBSON.