Samuel Waddington, comp. The Sonnets of Europe. 1888.
Happy the ManJoachim du Bellay (15521560)
Translated by Austin Dobson
Regrets
Regrets
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Or him of yore that gat the Fleece of Gold,
Who comes at last, from travels manifold,
Among his kith and kindred to abide!
Once more the blue and curling smoke unrolled?
When the poor boundaries of my house behold,—
Poor, but to me as any province wide?
Smile the low portals of my boyhood’s home!
More than their marble must its slate-roof be!
More than the Palatine my native hill,
And the soft air of Anjou than the sea!