BALLADES & RHYMES
Reading edition
From Ballades in Blue China and Rhymes à la Mode
BY A. LANG
“Hom, c’est une ballade!”—Vadius.
LONGMANS, GREEN AND CO. 39 PATERNOSTER ROW, LONDON NEW YORK, BOMBAY, AND CALCUTTA 1911
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“Rondeaux, Ballades, Chansons dizains, propos menus, Compte moy qu’ilz sont devenuz: Se faict il plus rien de nouveau?”
Clement Marot, Dialogue de deux Amoureux.
“I love a ballad but even too well; if it be doleful matter, merrily set down, or a very pleasant thing indeed, and sung lamentably.”
A Winter’s Tale, Act iv. sc. 3.