Prens ce qui se donne à toy:
J’ai perdu ma tourterelle,
Je veux aller après elle.
Of modern English specimens one of the most beautiful is that by Mr. Austin Dobson “When I saw you last, Rose,” which is given in Mr. White’s book, together with a French translation of it by M. J. Boulmier.
A Villanelle.
After Mr. Oscar Wilde.)
Commissioner of Lunacee!
An inquirendo come and hold;
For Oscar Wilde hath need of thee!