I miss the poetical ring,
I’m told that it has, by my betters!
A Triolet’s scarcely the thing—
Unless you would carol in fetters!
Punch.
The Triolet, which should consist of eight lines, but only two rhymes, is more often met with in French literature than in our own; the following old specimen was christened by Ménage le roi des Triolets:—
Le premier jour du mois de mai
Fut le plus heureux de ma vie:
Le beau dessein que je formai,
Le premier jour du mois de mai!