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| VIII. 'Oh, happy is he who can pass his days ' | Les Regrets ~ IX written by Joachim Du Bellay translated by A. S. Kline |
X. 'Let’s live, let’s live, Gordes, and ignore' |
| Les Regrets - IX. ‘J’aime la liberté, et languis en service’. | Link to further information |
IX
"I love liberty, and I languish in service"
I love liberty, and I languish in service,
I hate the court, yet I’m a courtier,
I hate pretence, yet masked I appear;
I love honesty, find only malice.
I dislike property, and serve avarice,
I loathe honours, yet towards them steer,
I would keep faith, yet must break it here,
I seek virtue, and find only vice.
I seek rest, but find there’s none for me,
I grasp at pleasure, and only find ennui,
I don’t like discourse, reason’s my thing:
I’m ill, yet forced to be a traveller,
I’m born for the Muse, yet they make me labour,
Am I not, Morel, a most sorry being?
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