Les Regrets

Les Regrets written by Joachim Du Bellay

Translated from Les Regrets.

Translated by A. S. Kline

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1. I’ll not delve to the heart of nature
2. II’ll not trawl the Greek seas with my nets
3. Alas, where now is that contempt for fate?
4. IV Don’t be astonished, you, who are half my heart
5. V It’s not the Tuscan river with its proud shore.
6. VI After long wandering on the darkened plain
7. VII Happy, the man who finds sweet journey’s end
8. VIII Oh, happy is he who can pass his days.
9. IX I love liberty, and I languish in service