Frédéric Mistral - Poet and Leader in Provence by Charles Alfred Downer
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page 70 of 196 (35%)
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"Segnour, à la fin ta coulèro Largo si tron Sus nosti front: E dins la niue nosto galèro Pico d'a pro Contro li ro."[13] Another peculiar stanza is exhibited in _Lou Prègo-Diéu_:-- "Ero un tantost d'aquest estiéu Que ni vihave ni dourmiéu: Fasiéu miejour, tan que me plaise, Lou cabassòu Toucant lou sòu, A l'aise."[14] Perhaps the most remarkable of all in point of originality, not to say queerness, is _Lou Blad de Luno_. The rhyme in _lin_ is repeated throughout seventeen stanzas, and of course no word is used twice. "La luno barbano Debano De lano. S'entènd peralin L'aigo que lalejo E batarelejo Darrié lou moulin. |
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