About Joachim du Bellay: Joachim du Bellay was a French poet, critic, and a member of the Pléiade.
Ô beaux cheveux d'argent mignonnement retors ! Ô front crêpe et serein ! et vous, face dorée ! Ô beaux yeux de cristal ! ô grand bouche honorée, Qui d'un large repli retrousses tes deux bords ! Ô belles dents d'ébène ! ô précieux trésors...
Happy the man who, like Ulysses, has made a fine voyage, or has won the Golden Fleece, and then returns, experienced and knowledgeable, to spend the rest of his life among his family.
France, mother of arts, of warfare, and of laws.
In my opinion butlers ought To know their place, and not to play The Old Retainer night and day.
