For reference: Pergameni, la Satire au seizième siècle et les Tragiques d'Agrippa d'Aubignê, 1881; E. Faguet, le Seizième siècle, 1893.
15. L'HYVER. 14. IRONDELLES, hirondelles. 19. N'ESLOIGNE, ne s'éloigne de.
16. 2. COMME IL FIT, i.e. comme il alluma des flammes. 10. SEREINES, sirènes. 14. USAGE, fruition.
JEAN BERTAUT.
1552-1611.
A man by no means of the poetic stature of Ronsard, du Bellay, and D'Aubigné; he found great favor in his day, but his lyric note was not powerful enough to endure long. He is most successful in the graceful expression of a natural melancholy, as in the example here given. He was a follower, in moderation, of the Pleiad.
Works : Recueil des oeuvres poétiques de J. Bertaut, l601; appeared again enlarged in 1605 ; Recueil de quelques vers amoureux, 1602 : both collections are included in Oeuvres poétiques, 1620; a recent edition is edited by A. Chenevière, 1891 (Bibliothèque elzévirienne). CHANSON. 27. DEMEURE, delay.
17. 4. FAY, fais.
23. VOY, vois.
25. VY, vis.