tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post2075349349604153082..comments2024-03-27T16:48:21.039-05:00Comments on Wuthering <br>Expectations: Poetry, theater: French literature Petrarchizes - However well one may be educated / In Greek and Latin subtletiesAmateur Reader (Tom)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-22468451000599702092019-10-10T09:02:02.310-05:002019-10-10T09:02:02.310-05:00It is exquisite, beautiful in language and thought...It is exquisite, beautiful in language and thought. Light and a little bit funny - the egotism is funny. "Je serai sous la terre et fantôme sans os" - I will be under the earth and a ghost without bones - how can you not smile while reciting it.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-5087057882667229992019-10-10T07:48:53.382-05:002019-10-10T07:48:53.382-05:00"Quand vous serez bien vieille" is one o..."<a href="https://www.poetica.fr/poeme-90/pierre-ronsard-quand-vous-serez-bien-vieille/" rel="nofollow">Quand vous serez bien vieille</a>" is one of those poems (like Pushkin's "<a href="http://max.mmlc.northwestern.edu/mdenner/Demo/texts/loved_you_once.htm" rel="nofollow">I loved you once</a>," or Goethe's "<a href="https://www.oxfordlieder.co.uk/song/713" rel="nofollow">Wandrers Nachtlied</a>") that sinks immediately into your brain and never leaves; it's been in mine for over half a century now.Languagehathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13285708503881129380noreply@blogger.com