"Autre Ballade," i,--_François Villon_.
FRANÇOIS VILLON, a renowned French poet, was born in 1431, and died 1460
(?). He wrote: "The Greater Testament," and the "Smaller Testament: Its
Codicil"; a collection of poems and a volume of "Ballades."
A heart which is void of the pains of love is not heart;
A body without heart woes is nothing but clay and water.
Turn thy face away from the world to the pangs of love;
For the world of love is a world of sweetness.
"Love" (Translation of S. Robinson),--_Jami_.
'ABD-URRAHMÁN JAMI, the last of Persia's classic poets, was born in Jam,
Khorasan, in 1414, and died in May (?), 1492 or 1493. His best known
works are: "The Abode of Spring," "The Chain of Gold," "The Loves of
Joseph and Zuleika and of Mejnun and Leila."