That had she lived a twelvemonth more,
She had not died to-day!
Goldsmith.
The following Chanson du Fameux la Galisse, taken from Ménagiana, 1729, must have supplied hints for the construction of the foregoing poems:—
“LE FAMEUX LA GALISSE.”
Messieurs, vous plait-il d’ouir
L’air du fameux la Galisse,
Il pourra vous rejouir,
Pourvû qu’il vous divertisse.