Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
France: Vols. IX–X. 1876–79.
Passy
By Pierre-Jean de Béranger (17801857)Translated by William Young
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A nook to rest in is at Passy mine.
Thy son escapes thy tax on funerals,
And duty-free can sip his modest wine.
Here, in oblivion to be wrapped erelong,
Exempt from storms, may age upon me creep;
And, lulled by dying echoes of my song,
Birdlike, amidst the foliage may I sleep!